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BIBLIOTHECA 
AMERICANA  NOVA 

Volume  I 


BIBLIOTHECA 
AMERICANA  NOVA 

A 

Catalogue  of  Books 

in  Various  Languages,  relating  to  America 

Printed  since  the  year  1700 

including 

Voyages  to  the  Pacific 

and 

Round  the  World 

and 

Collections  of  Voyages  and  Travels 

Compiled  principally  from  the  works  themselves 

by  O.  RICH 

I 

revised  by  the  addition  of  two  supplements 

Burt  Franklin  Bibliography  and  Reference  Series  #43 


BURT  FRANKLIN 

New  York 


First  published  London 
1835-1846 


Published  by 

BURT  FRANKLIN 

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BIBLIOTHECA  AMERICANA 

NOVA. 


PART  I. 


1701  to  1800. 


y/^    5^.-^ 


NOTICE. 

Circumstances  having  occurred  which  will  interrupt  for  a  while 
the  continuation  of  this  Work,  it  has  been  determined  to  publish 
that  part  of  it  which  comprehends  the  whole  of  the  last  century  by 
itself.  With  the  continuation  it  is  proposed  to  publish  a  Supple- 
ment, which  will  contain  an  account  of  numerous  Works  belonging 
to  the  last  century,  which  have  been  met  with  since  these  sheets 
were  sent  to  press.  A  general  Alphabetical  Index  will  be  given  at 
the  end  of  the  Work. 

Mr.  Rich  will  be  happy  to  treat  with  any  public  Establishment 
for  the  whole  of  his  Collection  of  Books  relating  to  America,  which 
contains  many  Works  not  to  be  found  in  any  similar  collection. 


12,  Red  Lion  Square ; 
December  1,  1834. 


A  CATALOGUE 

OF 

BOOKS   RELATING   TO  AMERICA, 

Printed  since  the  Year  1700. 


MDCCI. 

1  A  TWO  years' JOURNAL  in  New  York:  and  part  of  its  territories   1701. 

in  America.     By  CTT.  A.M.  .  .  London. 

12mo.  pp.  104. 
A  very  curious  and  nncommou  little  book;  the  author  appears  to  have  been 
an  English  minister,  who  went  to  New  York  with  Gov^  Andros  in 
1678.  It  commences  with  the  following  "address  to  the  reader:'* — 
"  The  materials  of  this  Journal  have  laid  bj  me  several  years,  expecting 
that  some  Landlooper  or  other  iu  those  parts  would  have  done  it  more 
methodically  ;  but  neither  hearing  nor  reading  of  any  such  as  yet,  and  I 
being  taken  off  from  the  proper  studies  and  offices  of  my  function,  for 
my  unprofitableness,  I  concluded  that  when  I  could  not  do  what  I  ought, 
I  ought  to  do  what  I  could,  which  I  shall  further  endeavour  in  a  second 
part :  in  the  meanwhile,  adieu." 

2  A  FULL  ACCOUNT  of  the  Proceedings  in  relation  to  Capt.  Kidd. 

In  two  letters.     Written  by  a  person  of  quality  to  a  kinsman 

of  the  Earl  of  Bellomont  in  Ireland.  .  London. 

Small  4to.  pp.  52. 

Captain  Kidd  was  employed  by  the  Earl  of  Bellomont  to  go  against  the 

pirates  which  infested  the  coast  of  North  America  in  1696,  but  turned 

pirate  himself.     He  was  afterwards  taken  at  Boston,  sent  to  England, 

and  hung  with  several  others.     There  are  many  traditional  stories  of 

Kidd  extant  in  New  England,  and  a  ballad,  containing  his  last  words 

and  dying  speech,  commencing 

"My  name  was  Captain  Kidd, 
As  I  sail'd,  &c." 
was  to  be  had  of  the  pedlars  in  New  England  not  man}'  years  ago. 


2  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1701.  3  *A  NEW  Darien  Artifice  laid  open,  in  a  notable  instance  of 
Captain  Maclean's  name  being  used  to  vouch  for  the  Caledo- 
nia    Company,  &c.     Authore  Anti-Dariensi. 

Quarto,  pp.  14. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.   p.  182. 

4  *Plantation  justice;  shewing  the  Constitution  of  their  Courts, 
and  what  sort  of  Judges  they  have  in  them.  By  which  Mer- 
chants may  see  the  occasions  of  their  great  losses  and  suffer- 
ings in  the  Plantation  trade ;  Lawyers  may  see  such  a  model 
of  justice  as  they  could  not  have  thought  of;  and  others  may 
see  how  those  parts  of  the  world  are  governed.  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  12. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  182. 

5  ^Several  circular  letters  to  the  Clergy  of  Maryland,  sub- 
sequent to  their  late  visitation,  to  enforce  such  resolutions 
as  were  taken  therein.     By  Thomas  Bray,  D.  D.  London. 

Folio,  pp.  21. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  183. 

6  El  nuevo  mundo,  poemma  heroyco  de  D.  Francisco  Botello 
de  Moraes  y  Vasconcelos  ;  con  las  Alegorias  de  D.  Pedro  de 
Castro,  Cavallero  Andaluz.  .  .         .         Barcelona. 

Small  4to. 

7  *Historia  de  la  Provincia  de  San  Antonio  del  nuevo  Reyno  de 
Granada  del  orden  de  predicadores.  Por  el  P.  M.  Fr.  Alonso 
de  Zamora,  su  Coronista,  hijo  del  convento  de  N.  S.  del  Ro- 
sario  de  la  ciudad  de  Santa  Fe  su  patria.  Barcelona, 

Small  folio. 

8  Historia  de  la  Conquista  de  la  Provincia  de  el  Itza,  Reduccion 
y  progresses  de  la  de  el  Lacandon  y  otras  naciones  de  Indios 
barbaros,  de  la  mediacion  de  el  Reyno  de  Guatemala  a  las 
Provincias  de  Yucatan,  en  la  America  Septentrional.  Pri- 
mera  Parte.  Escrivela  D.  Juan  de  Villagutierre  Sotomayor, 
&c Madrid. 

Folio. 
With  an  engraved  frontispiece  of  the  arms  of  Spain,  and   at  the  end  the 
Colophon  on  a  separate  leaf;    both  of  whith   are   frequently  wanting. 
This  work,  the  icvond  purl  of  which  was  never  published,  appears  to  have 
been  unknown  to  Meusel. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  3 

MDCCII.  1702. 

1  Magnalia  Christi  Americana  :  or,  the  ecclesiastiral  history 

of  New-England,  from  its  first  planting  in  1620,  unto  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1698.    In  seven  books. — i.  Antiquities. — ii.  Lives 
of  the   Governors  and  names  of  the  Magistrates  of  New- 
England. — III.  The  lives  of   sixty  famous  divines. — iv.  An 
account  of  the  University  of  Cambridge  in  New- England. — 
V.  Acts  and  monuments  of  the  faith  and  order  in  the  Churches 
of  New-England. — vi.   A  faithful  record  of  many  illustrious 
wonderful  providences. — vii.  The  wars  of  the  Lord,  being 
an  history  of  the  manifold  afflictions  and  disturbances  of  the 
churches  in  New-England.     By  the  Reverend  and  Learned 
Cotton  Mather,  M.A.  and  pastor  of  the  North  Church  in 
Boston,  N.E.  ......         London. 

Folio. 

"  One  of  the  most  singular  books  in  this  or  any  other  language.  Its  puns 
and  its  poems,  its  sermons  and  its  anagrams,  render  it  unique  in  its  kind." 
Quart.  Rev. — "Liber  quidem  superstitionis  plenus,  utilis  tamen  illis,  qui 
nasum  habent."  Meusel. — In  the  North  American  Review  (vol.  vi.  p. 
255,)  there  is  an  excellent  analysis  of  this  work.  There  are  copies  on 
LARGE  PAPER,  but  they  are  rare.  There  is  one  in  the  choice  library  of 
Col.  Aspinwall,  who  possesses,  probably,  the  best  private  collection  of 
books  relating  to  America  to  be  found  any  where. 

2  An  account  of  the  illegal  Prosecution  and  Tryal  of  Coll.  Nicholas 

Bayard,  in  the  province  of  New  York,    for  supposed  high 
treason  in  the  year  170^.     Collected  from  several  memorials 
taken  by  divers  persons  privately,  the  commissioners  having 
strictly  prohibited  the  taking  of  the  tryal  in  open  Court. 
Folio,  pp.  44.  New  York. 

3  *Proposals  for  carrying  on  an  effectual  War  in  America  against 

the  French  and  Spaniards.         ....         London. 
Quarto,  pp.  24. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  184. 

4  *Tiiom;e  Campanii,  Holmiensis,  Kort  Beskryfnnig  om  Provin- 

cien  Nya  Swerige  uti  America  som  nu  for  tyden  af  the  Engel- 
ske  calias  Pensylvania.         ....         Stockholm. 
Quarto,  plates. 


4  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1702.  A  very  scarce  work  relating  to  the  establishment  of  the  Swedes  in  New 

Sweden,  afterwards  Pennsylvania.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  it  has  never 
been  translated  into  any  language  more  generally  understood  than  the 
Swedish.  In  some  American  catalogues  its  author  is  erroneously  called 
Holm. 

5  *AcTS  AND    LAWS  of  his  Majesty's  colony  of  Connecticut,  in 

New  England.  ......         Boston. 

Folio. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

MDCCIII. 
1  New  voyages  to  North  America.  Containing  an  account 
of  the  several  nations  of  that  vast  continent ;  their  customs, 
commerce,  and  way  of  navigation  upon  the  lakes  and  rivers ; 
the  several  attempts  of  the  English  and  French  to  dispossess 
one  another ;  with  the  reasons  of  the  miscarriage  of  the  former ; 
and  the  various  adventures  between  the  French  and  the 
Iroquese  confederates  of  England,  from  1683  to  1694.  A 
geographical  description  of  Canada,  and  a  natural  history  of 
the  country,  with  jemarks  upon  their  government,  and  the 
interest  of  the  English  and  French  in  their  commerce.  Also 
a  dialogue  between  the  author  and  a  general  of  the  savages, 
giving  a  full  view  of  the  religion  and  strange  opinions  of  those 
people  ;  with  an  account  of  the  author's  retreat  to  Portugal 
and  Denmark,  and  his  remarks  on  those  courts.  To  which 
is  added,  a  Dictionary  of  the  Algonkine  language,  which  is 
generally  spoken  in  North  America.  Illustrated  with  twenty- 
three  maps  and  cuts.  Written  in  French  by  the  Baron 
Lahontan,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  French  colony  at  Placentia 
in  Newfoundland,  now  in  England.  Done  into  English.  In 
two  volumes.     A  great  part  of  which  never  printed  in  the 

original. London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
Reprinted  in  1735.  First  printed  in  French  in  this  year.  Lahontan  was 
a  freethinker,  and  consequently  had  but  little  respect  for  the  clergy ;  it 
is  not  therefore  to  be  wondered  at  that  he  was  persecuted  in  France,  and 
his  work  traduced.  The  character  given  of  the  author  and  of  the  work 
by  the  Jesuits  has  been  adopted  by  later  writers,  who  ought  to  have 
known  better.  A  writer  in  the  North  American  Keview  observes,  that 
the  Baron  seums  to  have  been  an  ardent  and  enterprising  character, 
with  more  wit  than  discretion,  but  that  his  accounts  bear  every  mui'k  of 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  5 

authenticity,  and  are  quite  confirmed  by  cotemporary  as  well  as  subse*    1703. 
quent  writers  on  the  same  country.      The  English  edition  having   been      \^/^ 
translated  under  the  inspection  of  the  author,  is  probably  more  correct 
than  theFrench  editions.     It  contains  also  several  additions  published  for 
the  first  time;  particularly  the  celebrated  dialogue  "between  the  author 
and  Adario,  a  noted  man  among  the  savages." 

2  *The  present   state  of  affairs  in  Carolina.      By  John  Ash, 

Gent.     Sent  by  several  of  the  inhabitants  of  that  colony,    to 
deliver  their   representations  thereof  to,  and  seek  redress  from 
the  Lords  Proprietors  of  that  province. 
Quarto. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  186. 

3  A  Voyage  to  New  Holland,  &c.  in  the  year  1699.     Wherein 

are  described,  the  Canary  Islands,  the  isles  of  Mayo  and  St. 
J  ago,  the  bay  of  All  Saints,  with  the  fort  and  town  of  Bahia 
in  Brazil.  Cape  Salvadore.  The  winds  on  the  Brazilian  coast. 
Abrohlo  shoals.  A  table  of  all  the  variations  observed  in  this 
voyage.  Occurrences  near  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  The 
course  to  New  Holland.  Shark's  Bay.  The  isles  and  coast, 
&c.  of  New  Holland.  Their  inhabitants,  manners,  customs, 
trade,  &c.  Their  harbours,  soil,  beasts,  birds,  fish,  &c.  trees, 
plants,  fruits,  &c.  Illustrated  with  several  maps  and  draughts; 
also  divers  birds,  fishes  and  plants,  not  found  in  this  part  of 
the  world,  curiously  engraven  on  copper-plates.  Vol.  3.  By 
Capt.  William  Dampier.  ....  London. 

8vo. 

The  first  volume  was  printed  in  1697,  the  second  in  1699. 

4  New  England  juDGEDby  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord,  &c.  (see  1661.) 

In  two  parts.     Formerly  published  by  George  Bishop,  and 
now  somewhat  abbreviated.     With  an  appendix,  &c. 
8vo.  pp.498.  London. 

The  preface  is  signed  Joseph  Grove.     At  the  end  is  the  following  work, 
with  the  date  of  1702  : 
Truth  and  Innocency  defended  against  Falsehood  and  Envy,  &c. 
in  answer  to  Cotton  Mather's  calumnies,  &c.  By  John  Whiting, 
pp.  212  and  Index. 

5  A  COLLECTION  of  Voyagcs  undertaken  by  the  Dutch  East-India 

Company  for  the  improvement  of  trade  and  navigation.  Con- 
taining an  account  of  several  attempts  to  find  out  the  n.  e. 
passage,  and  their  discoveries  in  the  East  Indies  and  the  South 


6  Bibliotheca  Atnericana  Nova. 

1703.  Seas.     Together  with  an  historical  introduction,  giving  an 

^'^  account  of  the  rise,  establishment,  and  progress  of  that  great 

body.     Translated  into  English,  and  illustrated  with  several 

charts.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  336. 

6  News  from   Pensilvakia,  or  a  brief  narrative  of  several  re- 

markable passages  in  the  government  of  the  Quakers  of  that 
province,  touching  their  proceedings  in  their  pretended  Court 
of  justice,  their  way  of  trade  and  commerce ;  with  remarks 
and  observations  upon  the  whole.  Published  by  the  author 
of  the  Pilgrim's  Progress  (Francis  Bugg.)  London. 

8vo.  pp.  36. 

7  NouvEAUx  VOYAGES  dc  M.  le  Baron  de  Lahontan,  dans  I'Ame- 

rique  septentrionale,  qui  contiennent  une  relation  des  differens 
peuples  qui  y  habitent;  la  nature  de  leurGouvernement;  leur 
commerce,  leur  co(itumes,  leur  religion,  et  leur  maniere 
de  faire  la  guerre.  L'Interet  des  Francois  et  des  Anglois 
dans  le  commerce  qu'ils  font  avec  ces  nations;  I'avantage  que 
I'Angleterre  peut  retirer  dans  ce  pays,  etant  en  guerre  avec 
la  France.  Tome  premier.  —  Memoires  de  I'Amerique  septen- 
trionale, ou  la  suite  des  voyages  de  M.  le  B.  de  Lahontan ; 
qui  contiennent  la  description  d'une  grande  etendue  de  pays 
de  ce  Continent,  I'inter^t  des  Francois  et  des  Anglois,  leurs 
commerces,  leurs  navigations,  les  moeurs,  et  les  costumes  des 
sauvages,  &c.  Avec  un  petit  dictionnaire  de  la  langue  du 
pays.  Le  tout  enrichi  de  cartes  et  de  figures.  Tome  second. 
12mo.  2  vols. 
fir8t  edition  several  times  reprinted,  and  translated  into  German,  Dutch, 
and  English.     See  No.  1  of  this  year. 

8  Nova  plantarum   Americanarum  genera.     Authore  P.  Carolo 

Plumier.  .......  Paris. 

Quarto,  40  plates. 

9  FiLiCETUM  American UM,  seu  Filicum,  Polypodiorum,  Adian- 

torum,  etc.  in  America  nascentium  icones.     Authore  P.  Ca- 
rolo Plumier.  .,*...         Paris. 
Folio. 
This  volume  consists  of  222  plates,  without  any  text,  and  comprises  50 
plates  of  ferns  contained  in  the   Description  des  P/arttes  de  I'Amerique, 
1693,  and  the  172  plates  of  the  Traiti'  lUs  Foiig^res,  170/). 


Bibliofheca  Americana  Nova.  7 

10  PoLiTiCA  Indiana,  &c.    (As  in  the  edition  of  1648.)  1703. 

Folio.  Amheres. 

Printed  in   two  colamns,   with  a  smaller  type  and  on  a  larger  page  than 
the  first  edition ;  with  a  portrait  of  Solorzano. 

MDCCIV. 

1  The  History  of  the  bucaniers  of  America;  from  the  first 

original  down  to  this  time ;  written  in  several  languages,  and 
now  collected  into  one  volume.      Containing  i.  The  exploits 
and  adventures  of  Le  Grand,  Lolonois,  Bat  the  Portuguese, 
Sir  Henry  Morgan,  &c.     Written  in   Dutch  by  Jo.  Esque- 
meling,  and  thence  translated  into  Spanish,     ii.  The  dan- 
gerous voyage  and  bold  attempts  of   Capt.  Barth.  Sharp, 
Watlin,    Sawkins,    Coxon,    and   others,  in    the    South  Sea. 
Written  by  Basil  Ringrose,    Gent,    who  was  a  companion 
therein,  and  examined  with  the  original  journey.      in.  A 
Journal  of  a  voyage  into  the  South  Sea  by  the  freebooters 
of  America,  from  1684  to  1689.     Written  in  French  by  the 
Sieur  Raveneau  de  Lussan :  never  before  in  English.     IV. 
A  relation  of  a  voyage  of  the  Sieur  de  Montauban,  captain 
of  the  freebooters  in  Guinea,  in  the  year   1695,  &c.      The 
whole  newly  translated  into  English,  and  illustrated  with  25 
copper-plates.      The  third  edition.     .         .         .         London. 
8vo. 
This  third  edition  of  the  history  of  the  Bucaniers  is  somewhat  different 
from  the  former  editions  ;  *'  for  whereas  the  style  before  was  loose  and 
uncoutli  in  divers  parts  thereof,  the  same  is  now  rectified,  and  made  more 
correct  throughout  the  whole  body  of  it."     Preface.     It  has  in  addition 
the  Journals  of  Lussan  and  Montauban,    the  former  having  been  first 
printed  in  French  in  1690. 

2  A  NEW  VOYAGE  and  description  of  the  Isthmus  of  America,  &c. 

By  Lionel  Wafer.  The  second  edition.  To  which  are  added, 
the  natural  history  of  those  parts  by  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal 
Society :  and  Davis's  Expedition  to  the  Gold  Mines  in  1702. 
Illustrated  with  several  copper-plates.  .  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  283. 

First  printed  in  1699. 

3  A    COLLECTION    OF    VOYAGES      AND    TRAVELS  :      SOmC     HOW    first 

printed  from  original  manuscripts ;  others  translated  out  of 
foreign  languages,  and  now  first  published  in  English.     To 


8  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1704.  which  are  added,  some  few  that  have  formerly  appeared  in  Eng- 

lish, but  do  now  for  their  excellency  and  scarcenes  deserve 
to  be  reprinted.      With  a  general  preface,  giving  an  account 
of  the  progress  of  navigation  from  its  first  beginning  to  the 
perfection  it  is  now  in,  &c.    The  whole  illustrated  with  a  great 
number  of  useful  maps  and  cuts,  all  engraven  on  copper.     In 
four  volumes.  ......         London. 

Folio,  4  vols. 
This  collection,  generally  known  by  the  name  of  the  publisher,  Churchill, 
is  to  be  found  under  the  dates  of  1732,  1744,  1752,  &c.  Two  more 
volumes  were  published  some  years  afterwards;  and  Osborne's  Collection, 
printed  in  1745,  is  generally  added,  to  make  the  set  complete.  See  1732 
and  1745. 

4  HiSTORiA  de  la  conquista  de  Mexico  por  D.  Antonio  de  Solis. 

Nueva  edicion,  enriquecida  con  diversas  estampas,  y  aumen- 

tada  con  la  vida  del  autor  que  escrivio  D.  Juan  deGoyeneche. 

Folio.  Brusselas. 

This  edition  is  recommended  by  De  Bure  on  account  of  the  plates. 

MDCCV. 

1  The  history  and  present  state  of  Virginia,  in  four  parts. 
I.  The  history  of  the  first  settlement  of  Virginia,  and  the 
government  thereof,  to  the  present  time.  ii.  The  natural 
productions  and  conveniences  of  the  country,  suited  to  trade 
and  improvement.  iii.  The  native  Indians,  their  religion, 
laws  and  customs,  in  war  and  peace,  iv.  The  present  state  of 
the  country,  as  to  the  polity  of  the  government,  and  the  im- 
provements of  the  land.  By  a  native  and  inhabitant  of  the 
place.      ........         London. 

8vo.  \5  plates. 
The  frontispiece  has  "  By  R.  B.  gent."  which  is  understood  to  stand  for 
jR.  Beverley,  and  not  Bird,  as  stated  by  Meusel.     Reprinted  in  1722. 
Translated  into  French  in  1707. 

2  Jamaica  viewed,  &c.  (First  printed  in  1661.)  The  third 
edition.     By  Captain  Hickeringill.  .         .         London. 

Small  4to.  map. 
This  tract  is  printed  with  several  others  by  the  same  author,  a  very  eccen- 
tric writer,  who,  after  having  been  an  officer  in  the  army,  took  orders  and 
became  a  priest,  "  when  he  gave  much  offence  to  his  brethren  by  his  wild 
and  often  scurrilous  attacks  on  the  church,  in  a  variety  of  pamphlets." 
Chalmers. 


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3  *Party  tyranny,  or  an  occasional  bill  in  miniature;  as  now   1705. 
practised  in  Carolina.     Humbly  offered  to  the  consideration    "'^^^ 
of  both  houses  of  Parliament.  .         .         .         London. 

Small  4to.  pp.  30. 

Attributed  to  the  celebrated  Daniel  De  Foe. 

4  *A  PLAIN   AND  FRIENDLY  PERSUASIVE  to    the  inhabitants  of 

Virginia  and  Maryland  for  promoting  towns  and  cohabitation. 
By  a  Wellwisher  to  both  Governments.       .         .         London. 
Small,  4to.   pp.  16. 

5  Reasons,  by  Capt.  Le  Wright,  shewing  why  her  Majesty  ought 

to  enter  upon  her  propriety,  now  on  the  continent  of  America. 

Quarto,   pp.  8.  London. 

A  project  for  a  new  settlement  at  Darien,  in  which  the  projector,  referring 

to  the  failure  of  the  Scots  company,  says,  "  we  are  now  addressing  to  the 

English,  between  whom  and  the  Scots  we  allow  no  comparison  in  point 

of  trade." 

6  Navigantium  atque  itinerantium  bibliotheca;    or  a  com- 

pleat  collection  of  voyages  and  travels :  consisting  of  above 
400  of  the  most  authentic  writers ;  beginning  with  Hackluit, 
Purchass,  &c.  in  English  ;  Ramusio,  in  Italian  :  Thevenot,  &c. 
in  French ;  De  Bry  and  Grynsei  Novus  Orbis,  in  Latin ;  the 
Dutch  East-India  company,  in  Dutch:  and  continued  with 
others  of  note  that  have  published  histories,  voyages,  travels, 
or  discoveries,  in  the  English,  Latin,  French,  Italian,  Spanish, 
Portuguese,  German,  or  Dutch  tongues  ;  relating  to  any  part 
of  Asia,  Africa,  America,  Europe,  or  the  islands  thereof,  to 
this  present  time.  With  the  heads  of  several  of  our  most 
considerable  sea-commanders;  and  a  great  number  of  excel- 
lent maps  of  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  cuts  of  most  curious 
things  in  all  the  voyages.  To  which  is  prefixed,  a  history  of 
the  peopling  of  the  several  parts  of  the  world,  and  particularly 
of  America  &c.     By  John  Harris,  A.M.  .         London. 

Folio,  2  vols. 
First  edition,  reprinted  in  1744-8,  with  great  alterations  and  additions.  It 
appears  to  have  been  got  up  in  competition  with  Churchill's  Collection, 
but  differs  entirely  from  that  work,  being  a  history  of  all  the  known  voyages 
and  travels,  whereas  Churchill's  is  a  collection  of  some  particular  relations 
and  histories. 

7  Traite  des  fougeres  de  I'Amerique.     Par  le  R.  P.    Charles 

Plumier,  Minime  de  la  province  de  France,  et  Botaniste  du 
Roy  dans  les  Isles  de  I'Amerique.         .         .         .         Paris. 


10  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1705.       Folio.     172  plates. 

'"'"^^  Plumier's  figures  consist  of  little  more  than  outlines,  but  being  as  large  as 

nature,  and  well  drawn  by  himself,  produce  a  fine  effect.  Many  hundred 
of  his  drawings  remain  still  unpublished  in  the  library  of  the  Jardin  des 
Plantes  at  Paris.  Copies  of  many  of  these  were  obtained  by  the  Earl 
of  Bute,  which  afterwards  passed  into  the  hands  of  Sir  Joseph  Banks. 
Boerhaave  had  previously  obtained  copies  of  above  500,  most  of  which 
were  published  by  Burmann,  in  ]  755-60.  In  1 824  the  compiler  of  this 
work  met  with  copies  of  about  500,  very  well  executed,  and  a  ms.  volume 
of  descriptions,  which  are  now  in  the- possession  of  A.  B.  Lambert,  Esq. 
Vice  President  of  the  Linnaean  Society. 

8  *Thoiimodi  torf^i,  historia  Vinlandiae    antiquae  seu    partis 

Americae  septentrionalis.  ....  Ha/nice. 

Small  8vo. 

A  rare  book  (republished  in  1715,)  showing  that  the  northern  nations  had  a 

knowledge  of  the  American  continent  prior  to  the  discoveries  of  Columbus. 

MDCCVI. 

1  A  Journal  of  travels  from  New  Hampshire  to  Caratuck,  on 

the  continent  of  North  America,  by  George  Keith,  A.M.  late 

Missionary  from  the  Society  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel 

in   foreign   parts,    and  now  rector  of  Edburton,  in  Sussex. 

Quarto,  pp.  96.  London. 

This  work  contains  little  more  than  an  account  of  the  sermons  preached  by 

the  author  at  the  different  places  through  which  he  travelled.      George 

Keith  is  the  same  person  who  some  years  before  defended  the  Quakers 

against  Increase  and  Cotton  Mather,  but  afterwards  turned  against  the 

Quakers  himself,  and  became  a  Baptist. 

2  An   account  of   the  Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel    in 

foreign    parts,    established   by  the  royal   charter  of  King 

William  III.     With  their  proceedings  and  success,  and  hopes 

of  continual  progress  under  the  happy  reign  of  Queen  Anne. 

Quarto,  pp.  97.  London. 

3  HiSTOiRE  DE  LA    DEcouvERTE  et  de  la  conquete  du    Perou, 

traduite  de  I'Espagnol  d'Augustin  de  Zarate  par  S.  D.  C. 
12mo.  2  vols.  Paris. 

Zarate's  history  of  the  discovery  and  conquest  of  Peru  was  first  printed  in 
Spanish  at  Antwerp  in  1555,  in  small  octavo,  afterwards  in  1577  at  Seville, 
in  folio,  and  in  Barcia' s  Historindores  in  1749.  It  was  translated  into 
English  by  T.  Nicholas,  and  printed  in  1581,  in  small  quarto,  black  letter. 
"Zarate's  history,  whether  we  attend  to  its  matter  or  composition,  is  a 


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book  of  considerable  merit,  as  be  had  opportunities  to  be  well  informed,    1706 
and  seems  to  have  been  inquisitive  with  respect  to  the  manners  and 
transactions  of  the  Peruvians ;  great  credit  is  due  to  his  testimony." 
Robertson. 

MDCCVII. 

1  A  NEW   DESCRIPTION   of  that  fertile  and  pleasant  province  of 

Carolina  :  with  a  brief  account  of  its  discovery,  settling,  and 
the  Government  thereof  to  this  time.  With  several  remarkable 
passages  of  Divine  Providence  during  my  time.  By  John 
Archdale,    late  governour  of  the  same.      .  .         London. 

Quarto,  p.  40. 
Gov.  Archdale  introduced  the  cultivation  of  rice  into  Carolina. 

2  Memorial  of  the  present  deplorable  state  of  New  England  under 

Joseph  Dudley,  esq.         ....         Boston,  N.  E. 

Quarto. 

A  copy  in  the  British  Museum. 

3  A  MODEST  ENQUIRY  into  the  grounds  and  occasions  of  a   late 

pamphlet,  intituled,    A  Memorial   of  the  present  deplorable 

state  of  New  England.     By  a  disinterested  hand.       London. 

Quarto,  p.  30. 

Contains  the  foregoing  memorial,  and  the  defence  of  Gov.  Dudley. 

4*  The  humble  submission  of  several  kings,  princes,  generals, 

&c.  to  the  crown  of  England,  lately  presented  to  Sir  Nath. 

Johnson,  the  present  governor  of  Carolina  under  her  Majesty 

Queen  Ann.  ......         London. 

Folio. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD.  Containing  an  account  of 
Captain  Dampier's  expedition  into  the  South  Seas  in  the  ship 
St.  George,  in  the  year  1703  and  1704.  With  his  various 
adventures,  engagements,  &c.  and  a  particular  and  exact 
description  of  several  islands  in  the  Atlantick  Ocean,  the 
Brazilian  coast,  the  passage  round  Cape  Horn,  and  the 
coasts  of  Chili,  Peru,  and  Mexico.  Together  with  the  author's 
voyage  from  Amapalla,  on  the  west  coast  of  Mexico,  to  East 
India.  His  passing  by  three  unknown  islands,  and  through  a 
new  discovered  streight  near  the  coast  of  New  Guinea.  His 
arrival  at  Amboyna.     With  a  large  description  of  that  and 


12  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1707.  other  spice  islands;    as  also  of  Batavia,  the  Cape  of  Good 

Hope,  &c.  their  rivers,  harbours,  plants,  animals,  inhabitants, 
&c.  With  divers  maps,  draughts,  figures,  plants,  and  animals. 
By  William  Funnell,  mate  to  Captain  Dampier.      .     London. 

8vo. 
"  Funnell  arrived  in  England  before  Captain  Dampier,  and  seized  on  the 
opportunity  to  compose  a  relation  of  the  Toyage,  a  task  for  which  he  was 
ill  qualified,  and  which  he  performed  with  disadvantage  to  the  public. 
Funnell's  narrative  was  published  in  1707  by  Knapton  the  bookseller,  who 
being  the  publisher  of  three  volumes  of  the  voyages  of  Dampier,  drawn  up 
from  his  ownmanuscriptjournals,  should  have  distinguished  the  difference, 
and  not  have  obtruded  Funnel's  narrative  into  the  same  collection  ;  but  he 
was  tempted  bv  the  favourable  reception  of  the  former  volumes.  The 
public  were  thus  punished  with  a  fourth  volume  to  Dampier's  Voyages^ 
which  contains  not  a  word  of  Dampier's  writing,  but  much  that  he  dis- 
approved. Funnell's  narrative  must  now  be  allowed  to  retain  its  rank  as 
fourth  volume  of  Dampier'i  Voyages,  as  no  other  authentic  account  of  that 
voyage  has  appeared,  or  can  be  expected  to  appear.  The  volume,  however, 
would  be  better  naturalized  if  it  were  made  to  include  the  following  work." 

6  *Capt.  Dampier's  vindication  of  his  voyage  in  the  ship  St. 
George  ;  with  some  small  observations  for  the  present  on  Mr. 
Funnell's  chimerical  relation.  .  .  .          London. 

In  this  vindication,  which  does  not  occupy  more  than  a  single  sheet,  Dam- 
pier points  out  several  misrepresentations  made  by  Funnell,  and  accuses 
him  of  having  pirated  from  charts  and  papers  with  which  he  had  been 
intrusted,  but  of  which,  Dampier  says,  he  afterwards  rendered  a  very 
slender  account,  pretending  that  some  of  them  were  lost."     Burney. 

7  *An  ANSwKii  TO  Capt.  Dampier's  Vindication  of  his  voyage  to 
the  South  Seas  in  the  ship  St.  George  ;  with  particular  ob- 
servations on  his  ungenerous,  false,  and  barbarous  usage  to 
his  ship's  crew.  By  John  Welbe,  midshipman  on  board 
Capt.  Dampier's  ship.  ....         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  8. 

8  A  VOYAGE  to  the  ISLANDS  Madeira,  Barbados,  Nieves,  S. 
Christophers  and  Jamaica,  with  the  natural  history  of  the 
herbs  and  trees,  four-footed  beasts,  fishes,  birds,  insects,  rep- 
tiles, &c.  of  the  last  of  those  islands;  to  which  is  prefixed  an 
introduction,  wherein  is  an  account  of  the  inhabitants,  air, 
waters,  diseases,  trade,  &c.  of  that  place,  with  some  relations 
concerning  the  neighbouring  continent  and  islands  of  Ame- 
rica.     Illustrated  with  the  figures  of  the  things  described, 


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which  have  not  been  heretofore  engraved ,  in  large  copper-plates   1707. 
as  big  as  the  life.      By  Hans  Sloane,  M.D.,  &c.      In  two 
volumes. — **  Many  shall  run  to  and  fro,  and  knowledge  shall 
be  increased."     Dan.  xii.  4.     .  .  .  .  London. 

Folio,  2  vols.   276  plates. 
The  second  volume  of  this  great  and  important  work  was  not  published 
until  1725.     There  are  some  copies  with  the  plates  coloured,  but  they 
are  of  great  rarity,  and  bring  high  prices  when  offered  for  sale. 

9  HisToiRE  DE  LA  ViRGiNiE,  contcnaut,  I.  L'Histoire  du  premier 

Entablissement   dans   la   Virginie   &  de  son  Gouvernement 

jusques   k   present. — ii.    Les   productions  naturelles   &  les 

commoditez  du  Pais  avant  que  les  Anglois  y  negociassent  & 

I'ameliorassent. — iii.  La  Religion,  les  Loix,  &  les  Coutumes 

des  Indiens  naturels,  tant  dans  la  Guerre,  que  dans  la  Paix. — 

IV.  L'Etat  present  du  Pais,  tant  a  I'egard  de  la  Police,  que 

de  I'Amelioration  du  Pais.     Par  un  Atiteur  Natif  &  habitant 

du  Pais.     Traduite  de  I'Anglois.     Enrichie  de  Figures. 

12mo.  Amsterdam. 

A  translation  of  No.  1  of  1705. 

10  HisTOiRE  DE  LA  coNQUETE  dcs  Islcs  Moluqucs   par  les  Es- 

pagnoles,  par  les  Portugais,  &  par  les  Hollandois.     Traduite 
de  I'Espagnol  d'  Argensola.  .  .  .          Amsterdam. 

12mo.    3  vols. 
The  original  work  was  first  printed  at  Madrid  in  1609.     Translated  into 
English  by  Capt.  John  Stevens  in  1708. 

1 1  HisToiRE  UNivERSELLE  des  Voyagcs  faits  par  mer  et  par  terre, 

dans  I'ancien  et  le  nouveau  monde.     Par  M.  Duperrier,  avee 
figures,  .......         Paris. 

12mo. 
An  English  translation  appeared  in  1708,  republished  with  a  new  title  in 
1711. 

MCCVIII. 

1  The  DEPL0RA15LE  STATE  of  New  England  by  reason  of  a  covetous 
and  treacherous  Governour,  and  pusillanimous  Counsellors. 
With  a  vindication  of  the  Hon.  Mr.  Higginson,  i\Ir.  Mason, 
and  several  other  gentlemen,  from  the  scandalous  and  wicked 
accusation  of  the  votes  ordered  by  them  to  be  published  in 
their  Boston  News-letter.     To  which  is  added  an  account  of 


14  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1708.  the  shameful  miscarriage  of  the  late  expedition  against  Port 

Royal.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  39. 
This  pamphlet  is  said  to  be  by  the  Rev.  JohnHigginsonof  Salem,  then  aged 
92:  but  the  dedication  is  signed  A.  H.,  probably  Alex.  Holmes,  one  of 
the  petitioners.  It  is  written  with  great  warmth,  and  lays  open  the  dis- 
putes which  existed  between  Governor  Dudley  and  some  leading  cha- 
racters in  New  England,  who  opposed  his  designs,  which  were  to  get  rid 
of  the  charter,  and  make  the  government  completely  arbitrary. — North 
Am.  Rev.  in.  p.  305. 

2  The  British  empire  in  America ;  containing  the  history  of 
the  discovery,  settlement,  progress,  and  present  state  of  all 
the  British  Colonies  on  the  Continent  and  islands  of  America, 
&c.  With  curious  maps  of  the  several  places,  done  from  the 
newest  surveys,  by  Herman  Moll,  Geographer.  London. 

Svo.    2  vols.   pp.  800. 
The  dedication  to  this  work  is  signed  by  J.  Oldmixon  ;  but  it  is  often  attri- 
buted to  Herman  Moll,  who  prepared  the  maps,  from  his  name  appearing 
on  the  title.     It  was  reprinted  in  1741,  with  considerable  additions. 

3  *SoME  PROPOSALS  towards  promoting  the  propagation  of  the 
Gospel  in  our  American  Plantations.  Humbly  offered  in  a 
letter  to  Mr.  Nelson,  &c.  ....         London. 

Quarto,    pp.  30. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim. 

4  A  KEW  collection  of  Voyages  and  Travels,  with  Historical 
accounts  of  Discoveries  and  Conquests  in  all  parts  of  the 
World.     None  of  them  ever  before  printed  in  English;  being 

now  first  translated  from  the  Spanish,  Italian,  French,  Dutch, 

Portuguese,  and  other  languages.     Adorned  with  cuts.     For 

the  month  of  December,  1708.     To  be  continued  monthly. 

Quarto.  London. 

Capt.  John  Stevens,  translated  most  of  the  works  in  this  collection,  which 

generally  goes  under  his  name.   It  was  published  in  numbers,  and  some 

copies  were  printed  on  fine  large  paper.     This  first  volume  contains  : — 

Argensola's  Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  Molucco  Islands. — Lawson's 

New  Voyage  to  Carolina. — Cieza's  Seventeen  Years'  Travels  in  Peru. 

Each  with  separate  title,  index,  &c.     The  second  volume  was  published 

in  1710. 

5  The  discovery  and  conquest  of  the  Molucco  and  Philippine 
islands  ;  containing  their  history,  ancient  and  modern,  natu- 
ral and  political;  their  description,  product,  religion,  govern- 


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ment,  laws,  languages,  customs,  manners,  habits,  shape  and   1708. 
inclinations  of  the  natives.     With  an  account  of  many  other      ^^ 
adjacent  islands,  and  several  remarkable  voyages  through  the 
streights  of  Magellan,  and  in  other  parts.    Written  in  Spanish 
by   Bartholomew  Leonardo  de  Argensola,  Chaplain  to   the 
Empress,  and  Rector  of  Villahermosa.     Now  translated  into 
English,  and  illustrated  with  a  map  and  several  cuts. 
Small  4to.  London. 

Tbis  is  the  first  work  in  the  preceding  Collection,  but  being  complete  in 
itself,  with  title-page  and  index,  is  frequently  found  separate. 

A  GENERAL  HISTORY  of  all  Voyagcs  and  Travels  throughout  the 

Old  and  New  World,  from  the  first  ages  to  this  present  time, 

illustrating  both  the  Ancient    and  Modern  Geography,  «fec. 

By  Monsieur  Du  Perier.    Made  English  from  the  Paris  edition. 

Adorn'd  with  cuts,  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  364.     5  plates. 

Except  the  introduction  of  36  pages,  the  whole  of  this  volume  relates  to  the 

early  voyages  of  the  Spaniards  to  America,  taken  from  Oviedo  and  other 

Spanish  authors. 

The  sot-weed  Factor  :  or  a  voyage  to  Maryland :  a  satyr. 
In  which  is  described  the  Laws,  Government,  Courts  and  Con- 
stitutions of  the  Country :  and  also  the  Buildings,  Feasts, 
Frolicks,  Entertainments  and  Drunken  Humours  of  the  In- 
habitants of  that  part  of  America,  In  Burlesque  verse.  By 
Eben  Cook,  Gent.  .....  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  21. 

Relation  du  voyage  du  Port  Royal  de  I'Acadie,  ou  de  la 
Nouvelle  France,  dans  laquelle  on  voit  un  detail  des  divers 
mouvemens  de  la  mer  dans  une  traversee  de  long  cours ;  la 
description  du  pays,  les  occupations  des  Francois  qui  y  sont 
etablis,  les  manieres  des  differentes  nations  sauvages,  leurs 
superstitions  et  leurs  chasses ;  avec  une  dissertation  exacte 
sur  le  Castor.  Par  M.  Diereville  embarque  k  la  Rochelle 
dans  le  navire  la  Royale-Paix.  Ensuite  de  la  relation,  on 
a  ajoute  le  detail  d'un  combat  donne  entre  les  Francois  et  les 
Acadiens,  contre  les  Anglois.     ....         Rouen. 

l'2mo. 


16  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1708.  M,  Diereville,  at  the  request  of  M.  Begon,  wrote  the  whole  of  the  relation 

of  his  voyage  in  verse,  but  his  friends  having  represented  to  him  that  no 
credit  would  be  given  to  it  unless  it  was  written  in  prose,  all  that  they 
could  obtain  from  him,  was  that  he  would  intermix  some  prose  with  bis 
verses.  Some  copies  have  a  supplement  of  eight  pages,  containing  an 
account  of  the  unsuccessful  attack  made  in  1707  by  the  people  of  New- 
England  on  Port  Royal. 

MDCCIX. 

1  A  NEW  VOYAGE  TO  Carolina  ;  containing  the  exact  description 
and  natural  history  of  that  Country  :  together  with  the  present 
state  thereof.  And  a  Journal  of  a  thousand  miles,  travel'd 
thro'  several  nations  of  Indians.  Giving  a  particular  account 
of  their  customs,  manners,  &c.  By  John  Lawson,  Gent. 
Surveyor-General  of  North  Carolina.  .         .         London. 

Quarto,  map  and  plate. 
First  published  in  Steven's  collection  (1708,  No.  4.)  Republished  separately 
with  new  titles,  under  the  dates  of  1714  and  1718.  The  plate  of  animals  is 
found  in  very  few  copies.     An  American  paper  mentions  a    copy  having 
been  sold  a  few  years  ago  in  South  Carolina  for  siity  dollars. 

2  The  seventeen  yeaus'  travels  of  Peter  de  Cieza,  through  the 
mighty  kingdom  of  Peru,  and  the  large  provinces  of  Cartagena 
and  Popayan  in  South  America :  from  the  city  of  Panama, 
on  the  Isthmus,  to  the  frontiers  of  Chili.  Now  first  translated 
from  the  Spanish,  and  illustrated  with  a  map  and  several 
cuts.        ........          London. 

Small  4to. 
This  work  forms  also  a  part  of  Steven's  collection. 

3  Useful  transactions  for  the  months  of  May,  June,  July, 
August  and  September,  1709.  Coi.taining  a  Voyage  to  the 
island  of  Cajamai  in  America.  Giving  a  brief  account  of  the 
natural  varieties,  inhabitants,  and  diseases  of  the  country ; 
together  with  their  cures  after  the  method  used  by  Jasper  Van 
Slonenbergh,  a  learned  member  of  the  Royal  Vertuosi  of 
Great  Britain,  in  the  relation  he  has  given  of  his  voyages  into 
those  parts.     Translated  into  English  from  the  Dutch. 

8vo.  London. 

A  humorous  sutire  on  Sir  Hans  Sioane's  Voyage  to  Jamaica. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  17 

4  HiSTOiRE  DE  LA  CONQUETE  dc  la  Flofide  ou  relation  de  ce  qui   1709. 

s'est  passe  dans  la  decouverte  de  ce  pays,   par  Ferdinand  de 

Soto,  composee  en  Espagnol  par  I'lnca  Garcilasso  de  la  Vega, 

&  traduite  en  Francois  par  P.  Richelet.  .  Paris. 

12mo. 

This  translation  was  first  printed  in  1670,  and  reprinted  with  the  "  Histoire 

des  Incas"  in  173T.     See  No.  6,    1723. 

5  *JouiiNAL  de  la  campagne  des  Isles  de  I'Amerique,  qu'  k  fait 

M.  D***.     Par  G.  D.  T Troyes. 

12mo. 

According  to  Barbier,  written  by  Gautier  du  Tronchoy. 

6  *AusFUHRLiciiER    BERicuT   von   der    berlihmten    Landschaft 

Carolina,  an  tag  gegeben  von  Kocherthalern.  Frankfort. 

8vo, 

Meusel,  x.  2,  p.  375. 

MDCCX. 

1  *A  LETTER  FROM  SouTH  CAROLINA  ;  giving  an  account  of  the 

soil,  air,  product,  trade,  government,  laws,  religion,  people, 
military  strength,  &c.  of  that  province.  Together  with  the 
manner  and  necessary  charges  of  settling  a  plantation  there, 
and  the  annual  profit  it  will  produce.  Written  by  a  Swiss 
gentleman  to  his  friend  at  Bern.  .         .  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  63. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  205. 
This  letter  appears  to  have  been  reprinted  in  1718  and  1732. 

2  'The  four  kings  of  Canada;  being  a  succinct  account  of  the 

four  Indian  princes  lately  arrived  from  North  America.  With 
a  particular  description  of  their  country  and  remarkable  re- 
ligion, feasts,  marriages,  burials,  remedies  for  their  sick,  cus- 
toms, manners,  constitution,  habits,  sports,  war,  peace,  policy, 
hunting,  fishing,  &c.         .....         London. 

8vo.   pp.  48. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  206. 

3  A  VIEW  OF  THE  Universe  :  or  a  new  collection  of  voyages  and 

travels  into  all  parts  of  the  world.  With  the  geography  and 
history  of  every  country.  None  of  them  ever  before  printed 
in  English.  To  be  published  monthly.  This  for  January, 
1710,  begins  the  entertaining  travels  of  the  Sieur  Mouette  in 
Fez  and  Morocco,  during  his  eleven  years'  captivity  in  those 


18  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1710.  parts.     With  a  map  of  those  countries  by  Hermon  Moll,  geo- 

'-'^  grapher. London. 

Quarto. 
This  second  volume  of  Stevens'  Collection  (see  1708,  No.  4,)  contains: 
Mouette's  Travels  in  Fez  and  Morocco  ;  Texeira's  Travels  from  India  to 
Italy  by  land  ;    Cauclie's  Voyage  to  Madagascar ;     Tellez's  Travels  of 
the  Jesuits  in  Ethiopia.     Only  this  last  has  a  separate  title. 

MDCCXI. 

1  *  Journal  of  an  expedition  performed  by  the  forces  of  our 

sovereign  lady  Anne,  Queen,  &c.  under  the  command  of  the 
Hon.  Francis  Nicholson,  general  and  commander  in  chief  in 
the  year  1710  for  the  reduction  of  Port-Royal  in  Nova  Scotia, 
or  any  other  place  in  those  parts  in  America,  then  in  posses- 
sion of  the  French.  .....         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  24. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  211. 

2  *A  TRUE  ACCOUNT  of  the  voyage  of  the  Nottingham  galley  of 

London,  John  Dean,  commander,  from  the  river  Thames  to 
New  England,  near  which  place  she  was  cast  away  on  Boon 
Island  by  the  captain's  obstinacy,  who  endeavoured  to  betray 
her  to  the  French,  or  run  her  ashore ;  with  an  account  of  the 
falsehoods  in  the  captain's  narrative,  &c.  The  whole  attested 
on  oath  by  Christopher  Langman,  mate,  Nicholas  Mellen, 
boatswain,  and  George  White,  sailor  in  the  said  ship. 
8vo.  pp.  33.  London. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  210. 

3  A  COMPLETE  COLLECTION  of  voyagcs  made  into  North  and  South 

America,    in  due  order  as   they  happen'd,  beginning  from 
Christopher  Columbus,  and  Americus  Vespucius,  and  des- 
cending to  this  present  time,  &c.     By  M.  L'Abbe  Bellegarde 
of  the  Royal  Academy.     Translated  from  the  French  original 
printed  at  Paris.     Adorn'd  with  cuts.         .         .         London. 
8vo. 
Published  in  French  at  Paris  in  1707,  under  the  name  of  Du  Perier.    This 
is  the  same  book  as  Du  Perier's,  printed  in  1708,  with  a  new  title-page, 
in  which  the  name  of  the  Abbe  Bellegarde  is  substituted  for  that  of 
Du  Perier. 

4  A  LETTER  from  an  old  Whig  in  town  to  a  modern  Whig  in  the 

country,  upon  the  late  expedition  to  Canada.  London. 

Quarto,   pp.  8. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  19 

*A  LETTER  to  a  Member  of  Parliament  on  the  settling  a  trade   1711. 
to  the  South  Sea  of  America,  dated  3d  of  May,  1711.     With 
reasons  to  encourage  a  trade  from  Great  Britain  to  the  coun- 
tries situate  in  the  South  Seas  of  America.  London. 

4to.  pp.  14. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  212.  j 

*A  TRUE  ACCOUNT  of  the  design  and  advantages  of  the  South 

Sea  trade  :  with  answers  to  all  the  objections  raised  against 

it ;  a  list  of  the  commodities  proper  for  that  trade ;  and  the 

progress  of  the  subscription  towards  the  South  Sea  Company. 

8vo.   pp.  38.  London. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  212. 

A  VIEW  OF  THE  Coasts,  Countries,  and  Islands  within  the  limits 
of  the  South  Sea  Company.  Containing  an  account  of  the 
discoveries,  settlements,  progress,  and  present  state,  &c.  of 
the  several  places  :  viz.  From  the  river  Aranoco  to  Terra  del 
Fuego,  and  from  thence  through  the  South  Sea  to  the  farthest 
bounds  of  the  late  Act  of  Parliament,  &c.  The  whole  col- 
lected from  the  best  authors,  as  well  manuscripts  as  printed. 
Illustrated  with  a  general  map,  and  particular  draughts  of 
the  most  important  places ;  by  Herman  Moll,  geographer. 
Svo.   pp.  220.     Map.  London. 

Hennan  Moll  was  probably  not  the  author  of  this  book,  but  merely  prepared 
the  map  which  accompanies  it.  The  book  was  no  doubt  got  up  by  some 
of  the  persons  interested  in  the  great  and  celebrated  South  Sea  project. 

*AusFUHRLicHE  BESCHREiBUNG  von  der  unglUcklichen  Reise 

des  jungsthin  aus  Teutschland  nach  Carolina  und  Pensylva- 

nien  wandernden    Pilgrim,  dem   ubelgegriindeten   Kocher- 

thalerischen  Bericht  entgegen  gesetzt.  .         Frankfort. 

Svo. 

An  account  of  the  journey  of  some  pilgrims  from  Germany  to  Carolina  and 

Pennsylvania.     Meusel,  x.  2,  p.  375. 

MDCCXII. 
A  CRUISING  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD  :  first  to  the  South 
Seas,  thence  to  the  East  Indies,  and  homeward  by  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope.  Begun  in  1708,  and  finished  in  1711.  Con- 
taining a  journal  of  all  the  remarkable  transactions,  particu- 
larly of  the  taking  of  Puna  and  Guiaquil,  of  the  Acapulco 
ship,  and  other  prizes ;  an  account  of  Alexander  Selkirk's 
living  alone  four  years  and  four  months  in  an  island ;  and  a 


20  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1712.  brief  description  of  several  countries  in  our  course  noted  for 

trade,  especially  in  the  South  Sea.     With  maps  of  all  the 

coast,  from  the  best  Spanish  manuscript  draughts,  and  an 

introduction  relating  to  the  South  Sea  trade.     By  Captain 

Woodes  Rogers,  commander-in-chief  on  this  expedition,  v»ith 

t^e  ships  Duke  and  Duchess,  of  Bristol.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

This  and  the  following  are  the  relation  of  the  same  voyage. 

2  A  VOYAGE  TO  THE  SouTH  Sea,  and  round  the  world,  performed 
in  the  years  1708,  1709,  1710,  and  1711.  Containing  a  jour- 
nal of  all  the  memorable  transactions  during  the  said  voyage; 
the  winds,  currents,  and  variation  of  the  compass;  the  taking 
of  the  towns  of  Puna  and  Guayquil,  and  several  prizes,  one 
of  which  a  rich  Acapulco  ship.  A  description  of  the  American 
coasts,  from  Terra  del  Fuego  in  the  South  to  California  in 
the  North,  (from  the  Coasting  Pilot,  a  Spanish  manuscript.) 
An  historical  account  of  all  those  countries  from  the  best 
authors.  With  a  new  map  and  description  of  the  mighty  river 
of  the  Amazons.  Wherein  an  account  is  given  of  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Selkirk,  his  manner  of  living  and  taming  some  wild 
beasts  during  the  four  years  and  four  months  he  lived  upon 
the  uninhabited  island  of  Juan  Fernandes.  Illustrated  with 
cuts  and  maps.     By  Capt.  Edward  Cooke.         .         London. 

Svo. 
Edward  Cooke  was  second  captain  on  board  the  Dutches»,  the  ship  which 
accompanied  the  Duke,  both  under  Woodes  Rogers,  on  a  voyage  round 
the  world.  Capt.  Bumey  says  that  Cooke's  journal  and  charts  are  infe- 
rior to  those  published  by  Woodes  Rogers.  Dampier,  who  projected  the 
expedition,  and  prevailed  upon  some  able  persons  at  Bristol  to  venture 
upon  the  undertaking,  went  as  pilot  in  the  Duke. 

3  *An  essay  on  the  nature  and  methods  of  carrying  on  a  trade 

to  the  South  Sea.     By  Robert  Allen.         .         .         London. 

Bvo. 

Library  of  Harvard  College. 

4  *A  LETTER  to  a  friend  in  the  country  on  the  late  expedition  to 

Canada.  .......         London. 

Svo. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  'A  LETTER  from  a  West  India  merchant  to  a  gentleman  at  Tun- 
bridge,  concerning  that  part  of  the  French  proposals  which 
relate  to  North  America,  and  particularly  to  Newfoundland. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  21 

With  some  thoughts  on  their  offers  about  our  trade  to  Spain    1712. 

and  the  West  Indies,  and  an  abstract  of  the  Assiento, 

8vo.   pp.  34.  London. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  212. 

*A  LETTER  to  a  noble  Lord  concerning  the  late  expedition  to 
Canada,  (offering  satisfaction  in  three  points,  i.  Of  what 
importance  the  conquest  of  that  country  would  have  been  to 
the  crown,  and  whether  it  would  have  answered  the  expense 
of  the  great  armament  that  was  made  against  it.  ii.  Whe- 
ther the  expedition  was  well  concerted  ?  And,  lastly,  if  the 
ill  success  of  it  ought  wholly  to  be  charged  on  New  England, 
as  people  here  are  made  to  believe.)  .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  26. 

Bib.  Am.  Prim.  p.  213. 

Arte  de  Navegar  em  que  se  ensinam  as  regras  practicas,  e 
o  modo  de  cartear  pela  carta  plana  &  reduzida,  o  modo  de 
graduar  a  Balestilha  por  via  de  numeros  &  muitos  problemas 
uteis  a  navega^ao ;  &  Roteiro  das  viagens  e  costas  maritimas 
de  Guine,  Angola,  Brasil,  Indias,  &  Ilhas  occidentaes  &  ori- 
entaes  agora  novamente  emendado  &  acrescentadas  muitas 
derrotas  novas.  Por  Manoel  Pimentel.  Cosmographo  mor 
do  Reyno,  &c.  ......         Lisboa. 

Folio,   pp.  57G.     Plans,  &c. 

An  important  work  on  navigation,  of  wliich,  about  a  hundred  pages  are 
occupied  with  a  description  of  the  coasts  of  America.  First  printed  in 
1699,  and  reprinted  in  1746. 

MDCCXIII. 

Bibliotheca  AMERiCANit  primordia.  An  attempt  towards 
laying  the  foundation  of  an  American  library,  in  several  books, 
papers,  and  writings,  humbly  given  to  the  society  for  propaga- 
tion of  the  gospel  in  foreign  parts,  for  the  perpetual  use  and 
benefit  of  their  members,  their  missionaries,  friends,  correspon- 
dents, and  others  concerned  in  the  good  design  of  planting  and 
promoting  Christianity  within  her  Majesty's  colonies  and  plan- 
tations in  the  West  Indies.  By  a  member  of  the  said  society. 
Quarto.  London. 

Tliis,  as  (at  as  it  goes,  is  the  best  catalogue  of  books  relating  to  America 
extant ;  the  titles  being  copied  at  full  length  with  the  greatest  exactness 
together  witli  the  name  of  the  printer,  and  the  number  of  pages  in  each 
volume.  It  unfortunately  contains  only  the  books  given  to  the  Society 
for  propagating  the  gospel  in  foreign  parts  by  White  Kennett,  Bishop  of 


22  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1713.  Peterborough,  and  a  few  others,  many  of  them  not  relating  to  America. 

It  is,  however,  rich  in  English  tracts  relating  to  New  England.      The 
catalogue  was  drawn  up  bj  Bishop  Kennett,  but  the  very  complete  index, 
which  occupies  nearly  half  the  volume,  was  formed  by  the  Rev.  Robert 
Watts.     Dr.  Dibdin  states  that  this  work  was  reprinted  in  1791,  but  this 
is  a  mistake,  the  Bibliotheca  Americana  of  that  date  being  a  distinct  work, 
in  which  the  titles  of  many  books  are  so  carelessly  abridged  that  it  is 
difficult  to  make  out  what  is  intended. 
2  Journal  historique  du  dernier  voyage  que  feu  M.  de  la  Sale 
fit  dans  le  Golfe  de  Mexique,  pour  trouver  I'embouchure  et  le 
cours  de  la  riviere  de  Missicipi,  nommee  a  present  la  riviere 
de  saint  Louis,  qui  traverse  la  Louisiane.     Ou  Ton  voit  I'histoire 
tragique  de  sa  mort,  et  plusieurs  choses  curieuses  du  Nouveau 
Monde.     Par  M.  Joutel,  Tun  des  compagnons  de  ce  voyage  : 
redige  et  mis  en  ordre  par  M.  de  Michel.     .         .         Paris. 
12mo. 
This  voyage  was  commenced  in  1684.   La  Sale  was  assassinated  by  some  of 
his  companions,  the  19th  March,  1687.     Translated  into  English  the  fol- 
lowing year. 

MDCCXIV. 
1  A  JOURNAL  of  the  last  voyage  perform'd  by  Monsr.  de  la  Sale 
to  the  Gulph  of  Mexico,  to  find  out  the  mouth  of  the  Missisippi 
river;  containing  an  account  of  the  settlements  he  endeavour'd 
to  make  on  the  coast  of  the  aforesaid  bay,  his  unfortunate 
death,  and  the  travels  of  his  companions  for  the  space  of  eight 
hundred  leagues  across  that  inland  country  of  America,  now 
call'd  Louisiana  (and  given  by  the  king  of  France  to  M. 
Crozat,)  till  they  came  into  Canada.  Written  in  French  by 
Monsieur  Joutel,  a  commander  in  that  expedition  ;  and  trans- 
lated from  the  edition  just  published  at  Paris.  With  an  exact 
map  of  that  vast  country,  and  a  copy  of  the  letters  patent 
granted  by  the  king  of  France  to  Mr.  Crozat.     .  London. 

8vo. 
Charlevoix  speaks  highly  of  Joutel,  and  of  the  services   he  rendered    to 
M.  de  la  Sale,  in  his  unfortunate  expedition.     He  says  that  Joutel  had 
complained  to  him,  that  when  the  work  was  prepared  for  the  press,  some 
alterations  were  made  by  the  editor,  (M.  Michel.)     This  translation  was 
republished,  with  a  new  title  in  1719. 
2  The  laws  of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania,  collected  into  one 
volume.  ......         Philadelphia. 

Folio. 

British   Museum. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  23 

3  Journal   des  observations    physiques,    mathematiques,   et  1714. 

botaniques,  faites  par  I'ordre  du  roi  sur  les  cotes  orientales  de     "^'^ 

TAmerique  Meridionale  et  dans  les  Indes  Occidentales,  depuis 

I'annee  1707  jusques  en  1712      Parle  R.  P.  Louis  Feuillee. 

Quarto.  3  vols.  Paris. 

The  third  volume  was  printed  in  1725.     "  This  work  is  not  elegant  in  style, 

but  valuable  for  solid  information  upon  all  the  subjects  announced  in  its 

title,  with  various  incidental  matter  besides.     What  relates  to  Peru  makes 

a  principal  part  of  these  volumes.     The  botanical  part,  comprising  100 

plates,  was  republished  at  Nuremberg,  with  a  GermaQ  translation  of  the 

text,  in  1756-7."     Chalmers. 

4  *D£  VERO   Novi  ORBis  in  ventore  dissertatio  historico-critica, 

Auctore  Jo.  Frid.  Stuven.         ....         Franco/. 
8vo. 
Meusel,  iii.  1.  264.     A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  Harvard  College. 

MDCCXV. 

1  *Memoirs  of  Darien,  giving  a  short  description  of  that  country, 

with  an  account  of  the  attempts  of  the  company  of  Scotland 
to  settle  a  Colony  in  that  place,  and  a  relation  of  some  of  the 
many  tragical  disasters  that  did  attend  that  design.  By  the 
Rev.  Francis  Borland.  ....         Edinburgh. 

8vo. 

2  Columbus,  carmen   epicum  eminent,  et  rev.  principi  Benedicto 

pamphilio  dicatum  authore  Ubertino  Carrara  Societatis  Jesu. 
8vo.    p.  299.  Ro7n(B. 

3  Recueil  de  voyages  au  Nord,  contenant  divers  memoiros  tres 

utiles  au  commerce  et  k  la  navigation.  .         Amsterdam. 

12mo.  9  vols.     Maps  and  plates. 

This  collection,  made  apparently  by  Jean  Frederic  Bernard,  a  bookseller,  of 
Amsterdam,  was  commenced  in  this  year,  and  continued  at  irregular  inter- 
vals down  to  1737.  The  principal  contents  of  the  volumes  are  as  follows: 
Vol.  I.    1715.   Instructions  pour  voyager  utilement. — Relation  de  I'lslande, 
par  la  Peyrere. — Relation  du  Groenland,  par  le  meme. 
II.  1715.  Journal  d'un  voyage  au  Spitzberguen,  &c.  par  Frederic  Martens, 
—  Description  de  Spitzberguen. — Journal   du  Capitaine  Jean  Wood 
au  Nord-Est. 
III.   1715.    Relation  de  Terre-Neuve,  traduite  de  FAnglois  de  White. — 
Relations  du  Jajjon  et  de  la  Tartarie. — Lettres  de  M.  Oelile  touchant 
le  Alississipi  et  la  Califoriiie,  &c. 

IV.  1718.    Relations  de  Coree,  &c.     Voyage  de  Jenkinson.    Les  deux 
voyages  de  J.  H.  de  Linschoten. 

V.  1724.  Relation,  de  la  Louisiane  par  un  officier  de  la  marine.— Relation 


24  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 

1715.  ^^  ^*  LouisiANE,  etc.  par  Tonti — Voyage  en  un  pays  plus  grand  qu« 

I'Europe,  par  le  P.  Hennepin. — Voyages,de  Gosnol,  Fringe,  et  Gilbert,  a  la 
Firginie,en  1602  et  1603. — Relation  de  la  Baye  de  Hudson,  par  M, 
Jeremie. — Les  trois  navigations  de  Martin  Frobisher. 
VI.  1723.  De  la  conquete  de  la  Chine  par  les  Tartares  (par  Palafox.) 
VII.  1725.  Relations  de  la  Chine,  des  Tartares,  de  la  Colchide,  &c. 
VIII.  1727.  Voyage  de  Moscou  a  la  Chine,  par  Evert  Isbrands  Ides. — Nego- 
ciations  du  Sieur  Lange  a  la  Chine. — Mocurs  et  usages  des  Ostiackes,  par 
MuUer. 
IX.  1737.    Relation  des  Natchez,  par  le  P.  Lepetit,  missionaire. — Raisons 
de  la  Grande  Bretagne  d'avoir  forme  une  colonie  dans  la  Georgie  :  traduit 
de  I'Anglois  du  Chev.  Benj.  Martin. — Decouverte  d'un  pays  plus  grand 
que  I'Europe  dans  l'Amerique  Septentrionale  (par  le  P.  Hennepin.) 

MDCCXVI. 

1  A  RELATION  of  Mr.  R.  M.'s  voyage  to  Buenos  Ayres  :  and  from 
thence  by  land  to  Potosi.  Dedicated  to  the  Honourable  the 
Court  of  Directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company.  London. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  117. 
This  little  work  is  merely  a  reprint  of  the  translation  published  in  1698,  of 
the  Voyage  du  Sieur  Accarrete  d  Buenos  Ayres,  in  Thevenot's  Collection, 
(see  1696,)  without  any  acknowledgment  of  the  source  from  whence  it 
was  taken. 

2  *The  entertaining  history  of  King  Philip's  War,  which 
began  in  the  month  of  June,  1675,  as  also  of  expeditions 
more  lately  made  against  the  common  enemy  and  Indian 
rebels,  in  the  eastern  parts  of  New  England  ;  with  some 
account  of  the  divine  Providence  towards  Col.  Benjamin 
Church.     By  Thomas  Church,  esq.  his  son.         .         Boston. 

8vo. 
Reprinted  at  Newport  in  1772,  from  which  edition  the  above  title  is  copied. 

3  *AcTS  AND  LAWS  passcd  in  New  England.  .  Boston. 

Folio. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

4  Relation  ABREoiE  de  ce  que  la  Societe  etablie  en  Angleterre 
pour  la  propagation  de  I'Evangile,  a  fait  de  plus  remarquable 
dans  les  Colonies  Angloises  de  l'Amerique.  depuis  le  19  Fevrier 
1714,  jusqu'du  18  du  meme  mois  1715,  vieux  stile.  Traduite 
de  I'Anglois,  et  publiee  par  ordre  de  la  societe.         No  place. 

Small  4to.  pp.  39. 

5  Relation  du  voyage  de  la  Mer  du  Sud  aux  cotes  du  Chily  et 
du  Perou,  fait  pendant  les  annees  1712,  1713,  et  1714.     Par 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  25 

M.  Frezier,  ingenieur  ordinaire  du  Roy.     Ouvrage  enrichi  de   1716. 
quantite  de  planches  en  taille  douce.  .         .         Paris. 

Quarto,  pp.  298,  plates  37. 
Republished  1732.     Reprinted  in  1717,  in  2  vols.  12mo.  at  Amsterdam. 
Translated  into  English  in  1717. 
6  El  Colon  ;  poema  de  D.  Francisco  de  Moraes  Vasconcelos  y 

Botello. Madrid. 

Quarto. 
The  foundation  of  this  poem  is  the  Nuevo  Mundo  of  the  same  author,  printed 
in  1701.     A  few  cantos  only  were  printed,  and  are  sometimes  met  with, 
without  title  or  preliminaries,  and  it  is  only  from  Barcia's  edition  of 
Pinelo  (1737)  that  the  time  and  place  of  publication  are  ascertained. 

MDCCXVII. 

1  A  VOYAGE  to  the  South  Sea,  and  along  the  coasts  of  Chili  and 

Peru,  in  the  years  1712,  1713,  and  1714.  Particularly 
describing  the  genius  and  constitution  of  the  inhabitants,  as 
well  Indians  as  Spaniards  ;  their  customs  and  manners;  their 
natural  history,  mines,  commodities,  traffic  with  Europe,  &c. 
By  Monsieur  Frezier,  engineer  in  ordinary  to  the  French  king. 
Illustrated  with  thirty-seven  copper-cuts  of  the  coasts,  har- 
bours, cities,  plants,  and  other  curiosities ;  printed  from  the 
author's  original  plates  inserted  in  the  Paris  edition.  With  a 
postscript  by  Dr.  Edmund  Halley  :  and  an  account  of  the 
settlement,  commerce,  and  riches  of  the  Jesuites  in  Paraguay. 
Quarto.  London. 

The  copies  with  the  date  of  1735  are  this  same  edition  with  a  new  title-page. 

2  A  DISCOURSE  concerning  the  design'd  establishment  of  a  new 

colony  to  the  south  of  Carolina,  in  the  most  delightful  country 

of  the  universe.  By  Sir  Robert  Montgomery,  baronet.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  30,  and  plan. 

Sir  Robert  IMontgomery  obtained  a  grant  of  all  the  land  between  the  rivers 

Alutamuhu  and  Savanna,  now  part  of  Georgia,  which  he  culled   Azilia, 

and  issued   these  proposals  for  settling  it.     See  "  j4  Description  of  the 

Guillen  Islands,''  \TZO. 

3  Arte  de  la  lexgua  Mexican  a,  y  breves  platicas  de  los  mys- 

terios  de  nuestra  Santa  Fc  Catolica  y  otras  para  exortacion 
de  su  obligacion  a'  los  Indios.     Por  F.  Francisco  de  Avila. 
Small  Svo.  Mexico. 

MDCCXVIII. 
1   A  NEW  VOYAGE  TO  CAROLINA,  &'C.  By  Johu  Lawsou.  London. 
Quarlo. 
The  sitme  as  the  edition  of  1709,  with  merely  a  new  title-pago. 


26  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1718.  2  Memoire  presente  k  son  altesse  royale  M.  le  Due  d'Orleans, 
regent  du  royaume  de  France :  concernant  la  precieuse 
plante  du  Ginseng  de  Tartarie,  decouverte  en  Canada,  par  le 
P.  Joseph  Fran9ois  Lafitau,  de  la  compagnie  de  Jesus, 
missionaire  des  Iroquois  du  Sault  Saint  Louis.       .         Paris. 

12mo. 
3  Relation  de  divers  voyages  faits  dans  I'Afrique,  dans  I'Ame- 
rique,  et  aux  Indes  Occidentales,  &c.    Par  le  Sieur  Dralse  de 
Grand  pierre.       .......         Paris. 

12mo. 

MDCCXIX. 

1  Mr.  Joutel's  journal  of  his  voyage  to   Mexico:  his  travels 

eight  hundred  leagues  through  forty  nations  of  Indians  in 

Louisiana  to  Canada  :  his  account  of  the  great  river  Missasipi. 

To  which  is  added  a  map  of  that  country  ;  with  a  description 

of  the  great  water-falls  in  the  river  Misouris.    Translated  from 

the  French  publish'd  at  Paris.  .  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

The  edition  of  1714  with  a  new  title-page. 

2  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  the  province  of  New- York,  from 
1691  to  1718 London. 

Folio. 
The  first  collection  of  the  laws  of  New  York  was  printed  there  by  William 
Bradford  in  1694,  a  second  in  1710,  and  a  third  in  1719.     The   present, 
probably  copied  from  the  last,  was,  according  to  Trott,  printed  by  order  of 
the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Trade  and  Plantation. 

3  Relacion  de  la  sorprecha  hecha  por  los  Franceses  de  la  Movila 
en  el  Castillo  de  San  Carlos,  y  punta  de  Siguenza  ;  y  su  restau- 
racion  por  las  armas  de  S.  M.  el  dia  7  de  Agosto  deste  ano  de 
1719 Mcxico' 

Small  4to.  pp.  8. 

MDCCXX. 
1  The  history  of  New-England,  containing  an  impartial  account 
of  the  civil  and  ecclesiastical  affairs  of  the  country  to  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1700.  To  which  is  added,  the  present  state  of 
New-England,  with  a  new  and  accurate  map  of  the  country, 
and  an  appendix,  containing  their  present  charter,  their  eccle- 
siastical discipline,  and  their  municipal  laws.  In  two  volumes. 
By  Daniel  Neal.       ......  London. 

8vo.  2  vols.  pp.  712,  map. 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  27 

Repricited  in  1747.     Gov.  Hutchinson  says  that  this  work  ^is  little  more    1720. 
than  an  abridgment  of  Mather's  Magnalia  (1702.)     Mr.  Neal  was  an 
eminent  dissenting  minister  in  London,  and  author  of  the  History  of  tlie 
Puritans. 

2  An  account  of  the  foundation  and  establishment  of  a  design 

now  on  foot  for  a  settlement  on  the  Golden  Islands,  to  the 
south  of  Port  Royal,  in  Carolina.     By  authority  of  a  royal 
charter  .......         London. 

4to.  pp.  8. 

3  A  DESCRIPTION  of  the  Golden  Islands,  with  an  account  of  the 

undertaking   now  on  foot  for   making  a  settlement   there  : 
explaining,  1st,  the  nature  of  that  design  in  general;    2dly, 
the  measures  already  taken  ;  and,  3dly,  those  intended  to  be 
taken  hereafter.         ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  45. 

Relates  to  the  project  of  Sir  Robert  Montgomery.     (See  1717.) 

4  Some  considerations  on  the  consequences  of  the  French  set- 

tling colonies  on  the  Mississippi,  with  respect  to  the  trade 
and  safety  of  the   English  plantations  in  America  and  the 
West  Indies.     From  a  gentleman  in  America  to  his  friend  in 
London.  .......         London. 

8vo.  map. 
Written  in  consequence   of  the  establishment  of  the  French  Missisippi 
Company. 

5  *A  FULL  AND  IMPARTIAL  ACCOUNT  of  the  Company  of  Missis- 

sippi, &c.     French  and  English.        .         .         .         London. 
8vo. 

6  A  COLLECTION  of  Several  pieces  of  Mr.  John  Locke,  never  before 

printed,  or  not  extant  in  his  works.     Publish'd  by  the  author 
of  the   Life  of  the  ever-memorable  Mr.    John    Hales,   &c. 
8vo.  London. 

This  volume  contains  the  "  Fundamental  Constitutions  of  Carolina." 

7  A  JOURNAL  or  full  account  of  the  late  expedition  to  Canada. 

With  an  appendix,  containing  commissions,  orders,  instruc- 
tions, letters,  memorials,  courts-martial,  councils  of  war,  &c. 
relating  thereto  By  Sir  Hovenden  Walker,  Kt.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  304. 
Some  copies  of  this  same  edition   are  without  any  date  on  the  title-page. 
Sir  Hovenden  Walker  was  the  naval  commander  of  the  great  expedition 


28  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1720.  against  Canada,  which  sailed  from  Boston,  N.  E.  in  the  summer  of  1711; 

y^.^^  but  which  proved  a  complete  failure,  owing,  it  was  said,  to  the  unskilful* 

ness  of  the  pilots,  hj  which  eight  ships  and  nearly  a  thousand  men  were 
lost  in  the  river  St.  Lawrence.  Great  blame  was  attached  to  Sir  Hoven- 
den,  and  he  published  this  account  in  his  own  vindication.  See  NichoW 
Lit.  Artec.  I.  p.  178. 

8  Relations  de  la  Louisiane  et  du  Fleuve  Mississippi.     Ou  Ton 

voit  I'etat  de  ce  grand  pays  et  les  avantages  qu'il   peut  pro- 
duire,  &c.  ......         Amsterdam. 

12mo. 
This  volume  is  dedicated  to  the  celebrated  Law;  its  contents  are  the  same 
as  the  fifth  volume  of  Bernard's  Collection,  1715. 

9  Recukil  d'arrests  et  autres  pieces  pour  Tetablissetnent  de  la 

Compagnie  d'Occident. — Relation  de  la  Baie  de  Hudson. — 

Les  navigations  de  Frobisher  au  detroit  qui  porte  son  nom. 

12mo.  Amsterdam. 

Part  of  this  volume  corresponds  to  the  fifth  volume  of  Bernard's  Collection 

of  1715  ;  but  the  Recueil  d'arrests,  &c.  is  not  contained  in  that  edition. 

Tt  is  a  collection  of  documents  relating  to  the  far-famed  Company  of  the 

West,  better  known  as  the  Mississippi  Company,  of  which  Law  was  the 

projector. 

10  Voyage  de   Marseille  a  Lima  et  dans  les  autres  lieux  des 

Indes  Occidentales.     Avec  une  exacte  description  de  ce  qu'il 

y  a  de  plus  remarquable  tant  pour  la  geographic,  que  pour 

les  moeurs,  les  coutumes,  le  commerce,  le  gouvernement,  et  la 

religion  des  peuples;  avec  des  notes  et  des  figures  en  taille 

douce.     Par  le  Sieur  D***.  ....         Paris. 

12mo. 

The  dedication  is  signed  "  Durrett,"  who  says  he  prepared  the  work  for  the 

press,  from  the  relations  of  a  surgeon  of  the  name  of  Bachelier.     Father 

Labat,  however,  says  that  the  work  was  entirely  composed  by  Durrett, 

from  the  relations  of  Feuille.  with  the  addition  of  extracts  from  various 

other  authors,  without  any  acknowledgment. 

11  Proyecto  para  Galeones  y  Flotas  del   Peru  y  Nueva  Es- 

paiia  y  para  Navios  de  Registro,  y  avisos,  que  navegaren  k 
ambos  Reynos.  ......  Cadiz. 

Folio,  pp.  26. 

MDCCXXI. 
1   A  DEFENCE  of  the  Ncw  England  charters.     By  Jer.  Dummer. 
Pulchrnm  est  Patrice  benefacere,  etiam  benedicere  hand  ub- 
surdum  est.     Sallust.        .....          London. 

8vo.  pp.  60. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova,  29 

Dummer  was  the  ageot  of  Massachusetts  in  England,  and  a  distinguished    1721 . 
scholar.     "This  very  able  defence  was  written  some  time  before;  but  it 
was  now  published  in  the  apprehension  that  a  bill  would  be  brought  into 
the  House  of  Commons  at  their  next  session  to  disfranchise  the  charter 
gOTernments."     Holmes.     Reprinted  in  1766. 

2  India  Christiana.     A  discourse  delivered  unto  the  commis- 

sioners for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  among  the  American 
Indians,  &c.     By  Cotton  Mather,   D.D.  and  F.  B..  S. 
12 mo.  pp.  94.  Boston,  N.  E. 

3  The  laws  of  the  British  plantations  in  America,  relating 

to  the  church  and  the  clergy,  religion  and  learning.  Collected 

in  one  volume.     By  Nicholas  Trott,  LL.  D.,  Chief  Justice  of 

the  province  of  South  Carolina.  .         .         .         London. 

Folio. 

A  scarce  and  valuable  collection,  in  the  preface  to  which  is  given  an  account 

of  all  the  different  collections  of  colonial  laws  which  had  been  printed  at 

the  time.     All  those  relating  to  ecclesiastical  affairs  which  had  not  been 

printed  were  transcribed  from  the  copies  sent  out  to  the  Plantation  office, 

or  taken  frote  otbev  authentic  sources. 

4  Acts  of   Assembly  passed  in  the  island   of  Barbadoes  from 

1648  to  1718 London. 

Folio. 

5  The  several  Reports  of  the  Committee  of  Secrecy  to  the 

Honourable  House  of  Commons  relating  to  the  South  Sea 
Directors,  &c.  ......         London. 

Folio,  pp.  74. 

6  Proceedings  of  the  House  of  Lords  in  relation  to  the  late 

Directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company  and  others  ;  vpith  the 
Reports  of  their  Lordships  on  the  said  proceedings  :  to  which 
is  added,  the  conference  with  the  Commons  relating  to   Mr. 
Aislabie  and   Mr.  Craggs,  with  their  Lordships'  proceedings 
thereupon.       .......         London. 

Folio,  pp.  26. 

MDCCXXII. 
1  A  description  of  the  English  pro\ince  of  Carolana,  by  the 
Spaniards  called  Florida,  and  by  the  French  La  Luuisiane. 
As  also  of  the  great  and  famous  river  Meschacebe  or  Missi- 
sipi,  the  five  vast  navigable  lakes  of  fresh  water,  and  the  parts 
adjacent.     Together  with  an  account  of  the  commodities,  of 


30  Bibliothecu  Americana  Nova. 

1722.  the  growth  and  production  of  the  said  province.     And  a  pre- 

face, containing  some  considerations  on  the  consequences  of 
the  French  making  settlements  there.     By  Daniel  Coxe,  esq. 
8vo.  map.  London. 

A  crude  perfonnance,  drawn  up  from  various  journals  and  voyages,  to 
impress  the  public  with  the  great  importance  of  the  region  described,  and 
to  make  them  jealous  of  its  occupation  bj  the  French.  Under  the  name 
of  Carolana  was  comprehended  the  present  state  of  Georgia,  the  two 
Floridas  and  Louisiana ;  and  this  whole  territory  was  claimed  by  Dr. 
Coxe,  the  father  of  the  author,  as  proprietor  of  it  under  the  crown. 
North  Am.  Rev.  2,  p.  1.     Republished  in  172T  and  1741. 

2  The  history  of  Virginia,  in  four  parts,  &c.  See  1705. 
The    second  edition,  revised  and  enlarged  by  the  Author. 

8vo.  pp.  284,  15  plates.  London. 

Dr.  Allen  says  that  this  work,  in  the  historical  part,  is  as  concise  and 
unsatisfactory  as  that  of  Stith  is  prolix  and  tedious.  j4m.  Biog. 

3  A  GENERAL  SURVEY  of  that  part  of  the  island  of  St.  Christo- 
pher's which  formerly  belonged  to  France ;  and  was  yielded 
up  to  Great  Britain  for  ever  by  the  late  treaty  of  Utrecht : 
together  with  an  estimate  of  the  value  of  those  lands,  and  a 
proposal  and  scheme  for  raising  a  very  considerable  sum  of 
money,  for  the  use  of  the  publick,  on  the  produce  thereof,  &c. 
In  a  letter  to  M.  R.,  Esq.  a  member  of  the  honourable  House 
of  Commons.     By  Mr.  R.  M.,  S.  B.  .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  48. 

4  *A  VINDICATION  of  the  ministers  of   Boston  from  the  abuses 

and  scandals  lately  cast  upon  them  in  diverse  printed  papers. 

By  some  of  their  people.  .         .         .         Boston,  N.  E. 

8vo. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  Voyages  de  FRAN901S  Coreal  aux  Indes  occidentales,  conte- 
nant  ce  qu'il  y  a  vA  de  plus  remarquable  pendant  son  sejour 
depuis  1666.  Jusqu'a  1697.  Traduites  de  I'Espagnol,  avec 
une  relation  de  la  Guiane  de  Walter  Raleigh,  et  le  voyage  de 
Narbrough  a  la  mer  du  sud  par  le  detroit  de  Magellan. 

12mo.    3  vols.  Amsterdam. 

6  ■  ,  nouvelle   edition,  corrigee  et  augmentee  d'une 

nouvelle  decouverte   des   Indes   Meridionales  et  des  terres 
Australe,  enrichies  de  figures Paris. 

12mo.  2  vols. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  31 

There  appears  to  be  no  reason  to  doubt  of  the  identity  of  Francis  Coreal,  1722. 
or  of  the  fact  of  his  having  visited  the  different  countries  he  describes. 
The  only  motive  for  such  a  doubt  arises  from  the  work  never  having  been 
printed  in  Spanish,  and  from  the  French  editor  making  no  mention  of  the 
source  from  whence  he  obtained  the  original.  Coreal's  relation  occupies 
only  one  half  of  the  work,  the  other  half  being  made  up  of  a  selection 
from  other  authors,  to  which  probably  the  judgment  of  Prosper  Marchand, 
as  quoted  by  Meusel,  applies,  viz.  that  the  work  coiiiisted  of  a  portion  of 
fragments  taken  here  and  there  from  several  effective  voyages,  by  some  starving 
compiler."  This  additional  matter  consists  of  Sir  Walter  Rdeigh's  voyage 
to  Guiana.  The  discovery  of  the  Palaos  islands.  Cp'^tain  Narborough't 
voyage  to  the  South  Sea.  Voyage  of  Abel  Jansen  Tasman  to  the  Terra 
Australis.  Letter  on  the  Mission  of  tlie  Mozes.  Account  of  Alvaro  de 
Mendana't  voyages.     Discoveries  of  Quiros. 

A  certain  Rev.  Doctor  "  stuck  his  spurs  so  hard  into  the  side  of  his  good 
bibliographical  courser,"  that  he  leapt  over  a  good  part  of  the  title  of 
this  book,  as  given  in  Meusel,  and  makes  out  "  Coheal's  Voyages  en  let 
Indes  occidentales,  &c.  to  be  a  translation  of  the  Flemish  journal  of  Capt. 
Abel  Jansen  Tasman ! "  This  Flemish  journal  is  merely  one  of  the 
before-mentioned  relations. 

7  HisToiuE  DE  l'Amerique  Sepentrionale  par  M.  de  Bacque- 

ville   de  la  Potherie,  n^  k  la  Guadaloupe  dans  l'Amerique 
meridionale,  aide-major  dans  la  dire  isle.      .         .         Paris. 
I2mo.  4  vols. 
This  work  is  written  in  tlie  form  of  letters,  except  the  second  volume, 
which  is  divided  into  chapters.   It  contains  several  badly  written  memoirs 
on  a  considerable  portion   of  the  history  of  Canada.     What  the  author 
relates,  from  his  own  observation,  may  be  relied  upon ;  but  in  other  re- 
spects be  was  not  well  informed,  although  apparently  sincere  and  dispas- 
sionate."     Charlevoix. 

8  NouvEAU  VOYAGE  aux  isles  de  l'Amerique,  contenant  I'histoire 

naturelle  de  ces  pays,  I'origine,  les  mcEurs,  la  religion  et  le 
gouvernement  des  habitans    anciens  and   modernes.      Les 
guerres  et  les  evenemens  singuliers  qui  y  sont  arrivez  pendant 
le  long  sejour  que  I'auteur  y  a  fait.     Le  commerce  et  les 
manufactures  qui  y  sont  etablies,  et  les  moyens  de  les  aug- 
menter.     Avee  une  description  exacte  et  curieuse  de  toutes 
ces  isles.     Ouvrage  enrichi  de  plus  de  cent  cartes,  plans  et 
figures  en  tailles  douces.     .....         Paris. 

12mo.  6  vols. 
The  name  of  the  author,   F.  Jean  Baptiste  Labat,  is  found  affixed  to  the 
dedication  to  the  Duo  de  Montmorency.     Reprinted  in  quarto,  at  the 
TIague,  in  1124,  and  with  considerable  additions,  in  1742,  at  Paris. 


32  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1722.  "  A  very  pleasant  and  instructive  work  in  many  respects,  but  not  always 

accurate  as  to  facts.     Chalmers, 

9  HisToiRE  DE  LA  NAVIGATION,  SOD  Commencement,  son  progr6s, 
et  ses  decouvertes  jusqu'  k  present.  Traduit  de  I'Anglois. 
Le  commerce  des  Indies  occidentales,  avec  un  Catalogue  des 
meilleures  cartes  geographiques  et  les  meilleurs  livres  de  voy- 
ages, et  le  caractere  de  leurs  auteurs.  .         .         Paris. 

12mo.  2  vols. 
This  work  is  a  translation,  with  some  augmentations  of  the  introduction  to 
Churchill's  Collection  of  Voyages.  The  French  editor,  in  his  preface, 
apologizes  for  the  cruelties  of  the  Spaniards  to  the  Indians  in  this  sum- 
mary way  :  "It  was  difficult  to  use  moderation  towards  beings  human  only 
in  figure;  finally,  of  these  savages  were  made  men,  of  these  animals  were 
made  christians.  God  is  adored  where  he  was  not  known.  The  mission  truly 
has  not  been  like  that  of  the  first  apostles,  but  the  Gospel  has  been  preached 
and  received." 

10  Relacion  de  la  conquista  de  la  provincia  de  los  Nayaritas,  en 
el  Reyno  de  la  Nueva  Espana,  que  consiguieron  las  armas  de 
S.  M.  ^  principios  de  este  aiio  de  1722.     .         .         Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  32. 

11  *Allerolteste  Nachricht  von  derNeuen  Welt,welchedieser 
Erfinder  derselben  ehemals  ertheilt  von  neuem  edirt.    Berlin. 

8vo. 
This  appears,  from  Meuael  (iii.  1.  265)  to  be  a  translation  of  Vesputius's 
account  of  his  voyages. 

MDCCXXIII. 

1  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  the  province  of  Maryland  from 
1692  to  1715 London. 

Folio. 
An  abridgment  of  the  laws  of  Maryland  was  printed  in  London  in  1704  : 
but  an  act  of  assembly  was  passed  in  the  same  year  repealing  ail  former 
acts,  saving  what  are  thereby  excepted.  A  new  collection  under  the  title 
of  "All  the  Laws  of  Maryland  now  in  force,"  was  printed  at  Annapolis  in 
1707,  and  another  at  Philadelphia  in  1718,  from  which,  it  is  probable,  that 
the  present  edition  was  taken. 

2  M(EURS  DES  SAUVAGES  Ameriquains  comparecs  aux  moeurs  des 
premiers  temps.  Par  le  P.  Lafitau,  de  la  compagnie  de  Jesus. 
Ouvrage  enrichi  de  figures  en  taille-douce.  .         Paris. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  41  plates. 
"  This  work  was  reprinted,  badly  enough    the  following  year,  at  Rouen,  in 
four  volumes  12mo.     It  contains  a  great  detail  of  the  manners,  customs. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  33 

and  religion  of  the  savages  of  America,  particularly  of  tHbse  of  Canada,    1723. 
the  author  having  been  a  missionary  among  the  Iroquois ;  consequently, 
his  work  is  the  most  exact  we  have  upon  the  subject.      His  parallel  of 
the  people  of  antiquity  with  the  Americans  has  been  considered  as  very 
ingenious,  and  supposes  a  great  knowledge  of  ancient  history.''  Charlevoix. 

3  Primera  parte  de  los  Veinte  i  uno  libros  Rituales  i  Monarchia 

Indiana,  con  el  origen  y  guerras  de  los  Indios  occidentales  de 
sus  poblaciones,  descubrimiento,  conquista,  conversion  y  otras 
cosas  maravillosas  de  la  misma  tierra,  distribuydos  en  tres 
tomos.  Compuesto  por  Fr.  Juan  de  Torquemada.  Madrid. 
Folio,  3  vols.  Engraved  titles  and  map. 
Kepiiflt«d  from  the  edition  of  1615  under  the  editorship  of  Barcia.  The 
first  volume  treats  of  the  Indians  of  New  Spain  and  of  their  origin ;  of  the 
customs  of  the  kingdoms  of  Mexico,  Tezcuco,  A  zcaputzalco,  Tlacupa,  and 
of  the  origin  of  the  republics  of  Tlaxcallan,  CholuUa,  and  Huetzozingo,  to- 
gether with  the  history  of  the  conquest  by  the  Spaniards.  The  second 
volume  contains  a  comparison  of  the  customs  of  the  Mexicans  with  those 
of  the  nations  of  antiquity  ;  and  the  third  relates  to  ecclesiastical  affairs, 
including  the  lives  of  many  holy  members  of  the  order  of  Franciscans,  to 
which  the  author  belonged.  Some  curious  chapters  of  the  original  ms. 
were  omitted  by  order  of  the  Inquisition,  particularly  one  entitled  "  Como 
el  Demonio  quiso  remedar  a  Dios  escogiendo  pueblo,''  or  How  the  Devil 
wished  to  imitate  the  Almighty  by  choosing  a  favoured  people :  Probably 
comparing  the  migration  of  the  ancient  Toltecas  to  that  of  the  Israelites. 
Clavigero  says  that  "  this  history  ia  without  question  the  most  complete 
in  respect  to  the  antiquity  of  Mexico  of  any  hitherto  published.  The 
author  resided  in  Mexico  from  his  youth  to  his  death  ;  knew  the  Mexican 
language  well,  conversed  with  the  Mexicans  for  upwards  of  fifty  years, 
collected  a  great  number  of  ancient  pictures  and  excellent  manuscripts, 
and  labored  at  his  work  more  than  twenty  years  ;  but  in  spite  of  his  dili- 
gence, and  such  advantages,  he  frequently  betrays  want  of  memory,  of 
critical  skill  and  good  taste  ;  and  in  his  history  there  appear  many  gross 
contradictions,  particularly  in  chronology,  several  childish  recitals,  and  a 
great  deal  of  superfluous  learning,  on  which  account  it  requires  considerable 
patience'to  read  it.''     Hist,  of  Mex.  i.  p.  xxi. 

4  Primera  parte  de  los  Comentarios  Reales  que  tratan  del  origen 

de  los  Incas,  Reyes  que  fueron  del  Peru,  de  su  idolatria  y 
govierno  en  paz  y  en  guerra :    de  sus  vidas  y  conquistas,  y 
de  todo  lo  que  fu6  aquel  imperio  y  su  republica,  antes  que  los 
Espanoles  passaron  ^  el ;   por  el  Ynca  Garcilasso  de  la  Vega. 
Segunda  impresion.  .....         Madrid. 

Folio. 
6  HisTORiA  GENERAL  del  Peru,  trata  el  descubrimiento  de  el  y 
como  lo  ganaron  los  Espanoles;    las  Guerras  civiles  que  huvo 


34  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1723.  entre  Pizarros  y  Almagros  sobre  la  partija  dela  tierra,  castigo 

•^-^  y  levantamiento  de  tyranos  y  otros  sucesos  particulares  que 

en  la  historia  se  contienen.     Escrita  por  el  Ynca  Garcilasso 

de  la  Vega.     Segunda  impresion.      .         .         .         Madrid. 

Folio. 

This  volume  has  the  date  of  1722  ;  it  was  first  printed  in  1617  :  the  primera 

PARTE  in  1609.     A  new  edition  of  both  parts  was  printed  in  Madrid  in 

1800-1,  in  13  small  volumes  :  they  are  also  included  in  a  new  collection 

of  American  historians  now  publishing  in  Madrid,  in  small  octavo  volumes. 

6  La   FLORIDA  DEL  iNCA,  historia  del  Adelantado  Hernando  de 

Soto,  govern  ad  or  y  capitan  general  del  Reino  de  la  Florida; 

y  de  otros  heroicos  Caballeros,  Espanoles  e  IndioS.     Es«crita 

por  el  Inca  Garcilaso  de  la  Vega,  capitan  de  S.  M.  natural 

dela  gran  Ciudad  del  Cozcoen  el  Peru.    Van  enmendadas  en 

esta  impresion  muchas  erratas   de   la  primera;    y  anadida 

copiosa  tabla  de  las  cosas  notables.     Y  el  ensaio  cronologico 

que  contiene  las  sucedidas  hasta  en  el  ano  de  1722.     Madrid. 

Folio,  pp.  268.     Indexes,  &c. 

The  second  edition  :    the  first  was  printed  in  1605.     The  third  edition,  in 

four  small  volumes,  in  1803.  Charlevoix  says  that  this  work  is  well  written, 

and  of  authority  as  far  as  regards  the  account  of  the  expeditions  of  Hernando 

de  Soto,  and  his  successor,  Louis  de  Moscoso,  but  that  the  account  of  the 

riches  and  power  of  the  Floridians  is  evidently  much  exaggerated.     The 

following  article  was  intended  as  a  continuation  of  this  work  ; 

7  Ensayo  cronologico,  para  la  historia  general  de  la  Florida. 

Contiene  los  descubrimientos,  y  principales  sucesos  acaecidos 
en  este  gran  Reino,  k  los  Espanoles,  Franceses,  Suecos, 
Dinamarqueses,  Ingleses  y  otras  naciones  entre  si,  y  con  los 
Indios :  cuias  costumbres,  genios,  idolatria,  govierno, 
batallas,  y  astucias  se  refieren:  y  los  viages  de  algunos 
capitanes  y  pilotos,  por  el  mar  del  norte,  k  buscar  Paso  k 
Oriente,  o  union  de  aquella  tierra,  con  Asia.  Desde  el  ano 
de  1512  que  descubrio  la  Florida  Juan  Ponce  de  Leon  hasta 
el  de  1722.  Escrita  por  Don  Gabriel  de  Cardenas  z  Cano. 
Folio,  pp.  336.     Indexes,  &c.  Madrid. 

This  chronological  history  of  Florida,  imder  which  name  the  author  com 
prises  nearly  the  whole  continent  of  America  north  of  Mexico,  was  se- 
verely criticised  by  Salazar,  in  1725.  The  name  on  the  title  is  an  anagram 
of  that  of  Don  Andres  Gonzalez  Barcia,  who  deserved  great  praise  for 
the  pains  he  took  in  republishing  the  best  works  on  American  history, 
many  of  which  were  already  in  his  time  presqu'  introuvable.  The  five 
preceding  articles  were  edited   by  him,   together  with  Herrera,  1726  ; 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  35 

Pinelo,  1737;   and  the  Historiadores  Primitivos,    1749.     Of  all  these    1723. 
works  there  are  copies  on  large   and  fine  paper,  but  they  are  so  rare, 
that  a  complete  set  of  this  description  is  probably  not  to  be  found  in  any 
collection. 

8  HisTORiA  DE  LE  coNQuisTA  y   poblacion  de   la  provincia  de 

Venezuela,  por  Don  Josef  de   Oviedo  Bahos   y  Sotomayor, 

quien  lo   dedica  k  su  hermano  Don  Antonio  de  Oviedo  y 

Bafios,  oidor  de  las  reales  audiencias   de   Santo   Domingo, 

Guatemala,  y  Mexico,  &c.    Primera  parte.         .         Madrid. 

Folio. 

It  is  singular  that  a  work  of  the  magnitude  and  importance  of  this  should 

have  been  entirely  omitted  by  Barcia,  in  his  additions  to  the  Biblioteca  of 

Pinelo.     Like  a  great  many  other  Spanish  histories  of  America,  only  the 

first  part  was  ever  printed;  nor  is  there  any  account  of  any  portion  of  the 

continuation  existing  in  manuscript. 

9  CoNFESsioNARio  en  Lengua  Cumanagota,  etc.     Por  F.  Diego 

de  Tapia Madrid. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  752. 

MDCCXXIV. 

1  The  PRESENT  STATE  OF  VIRGINIA,  giving  a  particular  and  short 
account  of  the  Indian,  English,  and  Negroe  inhabitants  of 
that  colony.  Shewing  their  religion,  manners,  government, 
trade,  way  of  living,  &c.  with  a  description  of  the  country. 
From  whence  is  inferred  a  short  view  of  Maryland  and  North 
Carolina.  To  which  are  added,  schemes  and  propositions  for 
the  better  promotion  of  learning,  religion,  inventions,  manu- 
factures, and  trade  in  Virginia,  and  the  other  plantations. 
For  the  information  of  the  curious,  and  for  the  service  of  such 
as  are  engaged  in  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  and  advance- 
ment of  learning,  and  for  the  use  of  all  persons  concerned  in 
the  Virginia  trade  and  plantation.  Gen.  ix.  27.  God  shall 
enlarge  Japheth,  and  he  shall  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem,  and 
Canaan  shall  he  his  servant.  By  Hugh  Jones,  A.  M.  Chaplain 
to  the  honourable  Assembly,  and  lately  minister  of  James 
Town,  &c.  in  Virginia.     •         .         .  .         .         London. 

Bvo. 
This  is  one  of  the  scarcest  works  relating  to  Virginia  published  in  this 
century.     The  author  thinks  that  the  settlement  of  America  by  the  Euro- 
peans is  a  fulfilment  of  the  scriptural  text  on  his  title-page,  Japheth  being 
the  English,  Shem  the  Indians,  and  Canaan  the  negroes. 


36  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1724.  2  A  GENERAL  HISTORY  of  the  Pyrates,  from  their  first  rise  and 
settlement  in  the  island  of  Providence,  to  the  present  time. 
With  the  remarkable  actions  and  adventures  of  the  two  female 
pyrates,  Mary  Read  and  Anne  Bonny,  &c.  To  which  is  added, 
a  short  abstract  of  the  statute  and  civil  law  in  relation  to 
pyracy.  The  second  edition,  with  considerable  additions. 
By  Captain  Charles  Johnson.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

This  work   forms  an  appropriate  sequel  to  the  History  of  the  Buccaneers. 

(1T04).     The  first  edition  was  printed  in .     A  French  translation 

was  added  to  Oexmelin's  Histoire  des  Avanturiers,  printed  at  Trevoux  in 
1744. 

3  A   DETERMINATION  of  the  casc  of  Thomas  Story  and   James 

Hoskins,  relating  to  an  affair  of  the  Pennsylvanian  company, 

&c. 

Quarto.  London. 

In  the  British  Maseum. 

4  The  history  of  the  conquest  of  Mexico  by  the  Spaniards. 
Done  into  English  from  the  original  Spanish  of  Don  Antonio 
de  Solis,  secretary  and  historiographer  to  his  Catholick  Ma- 
jesty.    By  Thomas  Townsend,  esq.  .         .         London. 

Folio,   pp.  568,  and  plates. 
Reprinted  in  8vo.  in  1738. — The  original  work  was  first  printed  in  1684. 
The  edition  of  1783  is  hy  far  the  best  that  has  been  published. 

5  Acts  and  laws  passed  by  the  great  and  general  Court  or  As- 
sembly of  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts-bay,  in  New- 
England,  from  1692  to  1719.  To  which  is  prefixed,  the  charter 
granted  by  their  late  Majesties  King  William  and  Queen  Mary 
to  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  province,  a.d.  1691.  Annoq; 
Regni  S^. London. 

Folio. 
The  first  edition  of  this  collection  was  printed  at  Boston  in  1699;  the  second 
in  1714,  and  continued,  as  new  laws  were  enacted ,  to  the  year  1719  j  from 
which  this  edition  appears  to  have  been  taken. 

6  The  voyages,  dangerous  adventures,  and  eminent  escapes  of 
Captain  Richard  Falconer ;  with  a  description  of  some  regions 
of  America London. 

Svo. 

Mentioned  in  the  Bibliotheque  des  Voyages,  and  in  Watts's  Bib.  Brit. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  37 

7  MoEURS  DES  SAUVAGES,  &c.     (See  No.  2,  1723.)  1724. 
12mo.  4  vols.  41  plates.           .....         Paris.    '•^'^ 

This  is  probably  the  edition  referred  to  bj  Charlevoix,  although  the  title- 
page  states  printed  in  Paris. 

8  NouvEAU  VOYAGE  Eux  isles  de  I'Amerique,  &c.      (See  No.  8, 

1722.)     Ouvrage  enrichi  d'un  grand  nombre  de  cartes,  plans, 
et  figures  en  taille-douce.     .         .         .         .         A  la  Haye. 
Quarto,  2  vols. 
A  reprint,  without  any  alteration  except  in  the  form,  of  the  first  edition  of 
Father  Labat's  New  Voyage  to  the  West  Indies. 

9  General  aclamacion    de   la  lealtad   Mexicana ;    en    la  mas 

solemne  jura  del  luminar  mas  flamante  el  Senor  del  Luis  I. 
Por  Don  Patricio  Antonio  Lopez,  Cazique  de  uno  de  los  valles 
de  Antequera.  ......  Mexico. 

Small  4to.  pp.  8. 

With  a  curious  woodcut  of  a  bison  or  buffalo. 

MDCCXXV. 

1  The  general  history  of  the  vast  continent  and  islands  of 

America,  commonly  called  the  West  Indies,  from  the  first 
discovery  thereof:  with  the  best  accounts  the  people  could 
give  of  their  antiquities.  Collected  from  the  original  relations 
sent  to  the  King  of  Spain.  By  Antonio  de  Herrcra,  historio- 
grapher to  his  Catholic  Majesty.  Translated  into  English  by 
Capt.  John  Stevens.  Illustrated  with  cuts  and  maps.  London. 
8vo.  6  vols. 
A  very  indifferent  translation,  republished  in  1740.     (See  1726,  No.  10.) 

2  A  RELATION  of  the  late  intended  settlement  of  the  islands  of 

St.  Lucia  and  St.  Vincent,  in  America;  in  right  of  the  Duke 
of  Montagu,  and  under  his  Grace's  direction  and  orders,  in 
the  year  1722.  ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  136,  and  maps. 

Signed  A.  B.,  Charleton,  in  Kent. 

3  The  report  of  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  upon  Governour 

Shute's  Memorial ;  with  his  Majesty's  order  in  council  there- 
upon. ........         s.  I. 

Quarto,  pp.  12. 
This  report  was  miide  in  consequence  of  the  complaint  of  Governor  Sliute 
against  the  House  of  Representatives  uf  Massachusetts  Day,  and  the 


38  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1725.  result  of  it  was  that  an  explanatory  charter  should  be  drawn  up  for  that 

v^v^  province.     (This  tract  was  found  among  the  papers  of  Governor  Bernard, 

now  in  my  possession.) 

4  Journal  des  observations  physiques,  mathematiques,  et  bota- 

niques,  faites  par  I'ordre  du  Roi  sur  les  C6tes  Orientales  de 
TAmerique  Meridionale,  et  dans  une  autre  voyage  k  la  Nou- 
velle  Espagne,  et  aux  isles  de  TAmerique.     Par  le  P.  Louis 

Feuillee,  &c Paris. 

Quarto. 
The  third  volume  of  Father  Feuill^e's  Journal.    The  first  «nd  second  were 
published  in  1714. 

5  NouvEAU    VOYAGE  fait  autour  du  monde,  par  Le  Oentil  (la 

Barbinais),  enrichi  de  plusieurs  plans,  vues,  et  perspectives 
des  principales  villes  et  ports  du  Perou,  du  Chili,  du  Bresil,  et 
de  la  Chine,  avec  une  description  beaucoup  plus  etendue  que 
celles   qui  ont   paru   jusqu'a   present,  ou  il  est   traite  des 
mceurs,  religion,  politique,  education,  et  commerce  des  peuples 
de  ces  empires.  ......         Paris. 

12mo.  3  vols. 
Admiral  Bumey  expresses  a  doubt  whether  this  voyage  was  really  made  by 
Le  Gentil.  The  account,  he  says,  is  full  of  obscurity,  which  may  have 
proceeded  from  the  ignorance  of  the  writer  on  maritime  subjects,  and  from 
his  general  want  of  judgment.  M.  de  Brosses  has  allowed  credit  to  the 
narration  as  being  genuine,  observing  at  the  same  time  that  it  was  one  of 
small  importance  to  the  history  of  navigation  or  commerce.  It  is  given 
in  the  form  of  letters  addressed  to  some  unnamed  correspondent  between 
1714  and  1718.     Bumey,  iv.  p.  508.     Reprinted  in  1727, 1728,  1731. 

6  Crisis  del  ensayo  k  la  historia  de  la  Florida. 

Quarto,  pp.  55.  Alcald.  de  Henares. 

A  severe  criticism  on  Barcia's  Ensayo  chronologico,  &c.  J  723.     Barcia,  like 

,was  an  industrious  and  intelligent  collector,  but  apparently  not 

an  able  writer.  This  criticism  was  written  by  the  historiographer  of 
Spain  and  the  Indies,  Don  Joseph  de  Salazar,  author  of  several  works  of 
no  great  merit,  who  was  evidently  jealous  of  Barcia's  superior  qualiOca- 
tions  for  his  own  employment. 

MDCCXXVL 

1  A  VOYAGE  round  the  world  by  the  way  of  the  Great  South  Sea, 
performed  in  the  years  1719,  20,  21,  22,  in  the  Speedwell  of 
London,  of  twenty-four  guns  and  100  men,  (under  H.  M.'s 
commission  to  cruize  on  the  Spaniards,  in  the  late  war  with 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  39 

the  Spanish  crown,)  till  she  was  cast  away  on  the  island  of  1726. 
Juan  Fernandez,  in  May,  1720;  and  afterwards  continued  in     '*^*' 
the  Recovery,  the  Jesus  Maria,  and  Sacra  Farailia,  &c.     By 
Capt.    George    Shelvocke,    commander  of    the   Speedwell, 
Recovery,  &c.  in  this  expedition.       .         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  468,  pi.  4,  and  map. 
Two  histories  were  published  of  this  voyage.     This,  written  by  Captain 
Shelvocke,  was  intended  by  him  as  a  vindication  of  his  conduct,  having 
been  accused  of  piracy  and  embezzlement.     The  other  was  written  by 
one  of  Shelvocke's  oflScers,  William  Betagh  (see  1728),  who  was  roughly 
treated  in  Shelvocke's  narrative,  and,  in  return,  wrote  with  the  design  of 
exposing  Shelvocke.     Both  narratives  are  written  with  spirit.     Bumey. 

2  The  state  of  the  island  of  Jamaica,  chiefly  in  relation  to 

its  commerce,  and  the  conduct  of  the  Spaniards  in  the  West 
Indies.     Addressed  to  a  member  of  Parliament.    By  a  person 
who  resided  several  years  at  Jamaica.         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  80. 

3  *HisTORY  of  the  wars  of  New  England  with  the  Eastern  Indians, 

from  1703  to  1713,  and  from  1722  to  their  submission,  which 
was  ratified  5th  August,  1726.  .         .         .         Boston. 

12mo. 

4  The    voyages  and  adventures  of  Captain  Robert  Boyle,  in 

several  parts  of  the  world,   &c.      To  which  is  added,  the 
voyage,  shipwreck,  and  miraculous  preservation  of  Richard 
Castelman,  gent.     With  a  description  of  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia and  the  country  of  Pensylvania.      London^  J.  Watts. 
8vo.  pp.  374. 
Boyle's  narrative  is  probably  a  fictitious  one,  but  that  of  Castelman  bears 
marks  of  authenticity.     The  latter's  visit  to  Philadelphia  took  place  in 
1710.     Boyle's  voyages  have  been   often  reprinted  j    but   Castelman's 
relation  is  only  to  be  found  in  the  early  editions. 

5  *A  NARRATivRoftheproceedingsof  the  people  of  South  Carolina 

in  the  year  1719.  .         .         •  .         .         London. 

Quarto. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

6  *LiFE  AND  CHARACTER  of  a  monstcr  from  America. 

8vo. 

In  the  library  of  Harvard  College. 

7  *AcTS  OF  THE  Assembly  of  New  York,  from  1691  to  1725. 

Folio.  New  York. 

In  the  British  Museum. 


40  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1726.   8  The   voyages   and   travels   of  Nathaniel   Uring,  with  new 

draughts  of  the  Bay  of  Honduras  and  the  Caribbee  Islands. 

8vo.  London. 

Republished  in  1749. 

9  Relacion  historial  de  las  missiones  de  los  Indios,  que  llaman 

Chiquitos,  que  estan  a  cargo  de  los  padres  de  la  compania  de 

Jesus  de  la  provincia  del  Paraguay.      Escrita  por  el  padre 

Juan  Patricio  Fernandez  de  la  misma  compania.      Sacada  k 

luz  por  el  Padre  Geronimo  Herran,  &c.     .         .         Madrid. 

Small  4to. 

Published  in  Latin  at  Vienna  in  1733. 

10  HisTORiA  GENERAL  de  los  hechos  de  los  Castellaiios  en  las 
islas  i  tierra  firme  del  mar  oceano.  Escrita  por  Antonio  de 
Herrera,  coronista  mayor  de  S.  M.  de  las  Indias  y  su  coro- 
nista  de  Castilla.      ......         Madrid. 

Folio,  5  vols. 
This  work  was  printed  between  the  years  1726  and  1730,  the  volumes 
bearing  dates  of  all  those  years.  It  is  merely  a  reprint  of  the  original 
edition  of  1601 — 1615,  with  the  addition  of  a  very  copious  index,  com- 
piled under  the  direction  of  Barcia,  but  without  a  continuation,  as  erro- 
neously stated  by  Meusel.  An  edition  was  printed  at  Antwerp  in  1728, 
with  very  indifferent  and  very  useless  plates,  and  the  text  abounding  in 
typographical  errors.  It  was  published  in  French,  at  Paris,  in  1659 — 71, 
and  in  English  in  1725 — 6.  For  a  very  judicious  criticism  of  this  work 
of  Herrera's,  see  Irving's  Columbus,  iv.  p.  387. 

1 1  Victim  A  real  legal,  discurso  unico  juridico-historico-politico, 
sobre  que  las  vacantes  mayores  de  las  Indias  occidentales 
pertenecen  a  la  corona  de  Castilla,  y  Leon  con  pleno  y  ab- 
soluto  dominio.  Por  D.  Antonio  Joseph  Alvarez  de  Abreu, 
&c.  ........         Madrid. 

Folio. 
In  consequence  of  this  vindication  of  the  Royal  right  to  the  revenues 
accruing  from  vacancies  in  the  churches  in  America,  the  author  had  a 
pension  of  a  thousand  ducats,  and  the  title  of  Marquis   de  la  Regalia 
bestowed  upon  him  by  Philip  V. 

12  Memorial  informativo  del  consulado  de  la  Ciudad  de  los 
Reyes  y  la  junta  general  del  comercio  de  las  provincias  del 
Peru,  sobre  diferentes  puntos  tocantes  al  estado  de  la  real 
hazienda  y  del  comercio,  &c.  Por  D.  Dionysio  de  Alsedo  y 
Herrera (Lima  ?) 

Folio,  pp.  148. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  41 

13  JusTiFiCACioN  de  los  Assientos  de  Averia,  Almojarifazgos  y    1726. 
alcavalas,  en  satisfacion  de  las  respuestas  de  los  fiscales  del    *•*''*' 
consejo  real  de  las  Indias  y  de  la  audlencia  de  Lima,  &c. 
Folio,  pp.  86.  (Lima  ?) 

MDCCXXVII. 

1  A  DESCRIPTION  of  the  English  province  of  Carolana,  &c.  (see 

1722.)     By  Daniel  Coxe,  Esq.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  map,  pp.  56,  and  122. 

Merely  a  new  title  to  the  edition  of  1722. 

2  Indian  converts  ;    or  some  account  of  the  lives   and  dying 

speeches  of  a  considerable  number  of  the  christianized  In- 
dians of  Martha's  vineyard,  in  New-England.     By  Experience 
Mayhew,  M.A.,  preacher  of  the  Gospel  to  the  Indians  of  that 
island.     ........         London. 

Svo.  pp.  310. 
An  account  of  the  lives  of  thirty  Indian  ministers,  and  about  eighty  Indian 
men,  women,  and  youth,  worthy  of  remembrance  on  account  of  their  piety. 
At  the  end  is  the  following,  with  a  separate  title-page  : 
Some  account  of  those  English  ministers  who  have  successively  presided 
over  the  work  of  gospelizing  the  Indians  on  Martha's  vineyard,  and  the 
adjacent  islands.     By  another  hand,  (the  Rev.  Thomas  Prince.) 

3  MiscELLANiA  cuRiosA  :  Containing  a  collection  of  curious  tra- 

vels, voyages,  and  natural  histories  of  countries,  as  they  have 

been  delivered  in  to  the  Royal  Society.     Vol.  III.  The  second 

edition.     Revised  and  corrected  by  W.  Derham,  F.R.S. 

Svo.  3  vols.  London. 

The  two  first  volumes  of  this  collection  contain  philosophical  papers.     The 

third  volume  is  devoted  to  voyages  and  travels,  and  contains,  among  other 

things,  five  letters  '*  from  Mr.  John  Clayton,  rector  of  Crofton,  at  Wakefield 

in  Yorkshire,  to  the  Royal  Society,  May  12,  1680,  giving  an  account  of 

several  observables  in  Virginia,"  &c.  occupying  75  pages. 

4  *PiicLN0MENA  QUADAM  APocALYPTiCA  ad  aspectum  Novi  Orbis 

configurata,  or  some  few  lines  towards  a  description  of  the 
New  Heaven,  as  it  makes  to  those  who  stand  upon  the  New 
Earth.     By  Samuel  Sewall,  A.M.,  and  sometime  Fellow  of 
Harvard  College,  at  Cambridge,  in  New-England.  The  second 
edition.  .......         Boston. 

Quarto,  pp.  64. 
Mr.  Sewall  inclines  to  the  opinion  that  the   Indians  are  descendants  of  the 
Israelites ;  and  he  adopts,  after  the  learned  Mr.  Nicholas  Fuller,  the  name 
of  Columbina  for  the  continent  of  America.     N.  A.  R.  xi.  p.  107. 


42  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1727.  5  *The  history  of  the  five  Indian  nations  depending  on  the  pro- 

*'***'  vince  of  New  York.     By  Cadwallader  Golden.        New  York. 

This  history  was  written  oq  occasion  of  a  dispute  which  happened  at  this 

time,  between  the  government  of  New  York  and  some  merchants.     It 

was  reprinted  with  the  second  part,  and  large  additions  in  1747. 

6  The  acts  op  Assembly,  passed  in  the  colony  of  Virginia,  from 

1662  to  1715.     Vol.  I.  ....         London. 

Folio. 

This  volume  contains  all  the  acts  down  to  1715,  and  is  probably  called  vol.  i. 

in  reference  to  those  that  might  be  subsequently  passed  and  printed.   The 

laws  of  Virginia  were  printed  in  London,  without  date,  probably  before 

1 696,  as  an  act  passed  in  that  year  is  mentioned  by  Trott  as  not  contained 

in  it. 

MDCCXXVIII. 

1  Some  observations  on  the  Assiento  trade,  as  it  has  been  ex- 

ercised by  the  South  Sea  company ;  proving  the  damage 
which  will  accrue  thereby  to  the  British  commerce  and  plan- 
tations in  America,  and  particularly  to  Jamaica.  To  which 
is  annexed,  a  sketch  of  the  advantages  of  that  island  to  Great 
Britain,  by  its  annual  produce,  and  by  its  situation  for  trade 
or  war.  By  a  person  who  resided  several  years  at  Jamaica. 
8vo.  pp.  38.  London. 

2  A  voyage  round  the  world,  in  the  year  1719.     By  Captain 

William  Betagh.         ...... 

Svo.  pp.  38. 
The  author  was  captain  of  marines  with  Shelvocke,  (see  1726),  and  wrote 
this  work  in  consequence  of  finding  himself  roughly  treated  in  Shelvocke's 
narrative. 

3  Voyages  du  baron  de  Lahontan  dans  I'Amerlque  septentri- 

onale,    &c.    (as  in  No.  7,   1703.)      Seconde  edition,  revue, 
corrigee  et  augmentee Amsterdam. 

12mo.  3  vols.,  plates. 
The  third,  or  supplementary  volume  has  the  following  title : 
Suite  du  voyage  de  l'Amerique,  ou  dialogues  de  Monsieur 
le  Baron  de  Lahontan  et  d'un  sauvage  de  l'Amerique.  Con- 
tenant  une  description  exacte  des  moeurs  et  des  coutumes  de 
ces  peuples  sauvages.  Avec  les  voyages  du  m^me  en  Portugal, 
&c.  .......         Amsterdam. 

12mo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  43 

4  Voyage  de  la  Lousiane  fait  par  ordre  du  roy  en  1720:   dans    1728. 
lequel  sont  traitees  diverges  matieres  de  physique,  astronomie, 
geographic,  et  marine,  &c.   Par  le  P.  Laval,  de  la  compagnie 
de  Jesus.  .......         Paris. 

Quarto. 
This  work  is  principally  occupied  with  mathematical  and  astronomical 
details. 

MDCCXXIX. 

1  The  English  empire  in  America,  or  a  view  of  the  dominions  of 

the  crown  of  England  in  the  West  Indies,  &c.     By   Robert 

Burton.     The  seventh  edition.  .         .         .         Dublin. 

12mo. 

First  printed  in  1685. 

2  Origen  de  los  Indios  del  Nuevo  Mundo  6  Indias  occidentales 

averiguado  con  discursode  opiniones  por  el  P.  Gregorio  Garcia. 
Segunda  impresion  enmendada  y  anadida  de  algunas  opiniones 
o  cosas  notables,  en  mayor  prueva  de  lo  que  contiene,  con  tres 
tablas  muy   puntuales  de  los  capitulos,   de  las  materias,  y 
autores,  que  las  tratan.     .....         Madrid. 

Folio,  pp.  336,  and  Index  of  80  pages. 
This  treatise  on  the  origin  of  the  Americans,  first  printed  in  160T  at  Valen- 
cia, is  a  work  of  vast  erudition,  but  almost  totally  useless,  as  it  gives 
little  or  no  assistance  in  discovering  truth  ;  the  foundation  of  the  opinions 
which  the  author  maintains  are  for  the  most  part  weak  conjectures, 
founded  on  the  resemblance  between  some  of  the  customs  and  words  of 
the  Americans  and  those  of  other  nations.  Clavigero.  This  edition  was 
edited  by  Barcia,  and  some  copies  were  printed  on  large  paper. 

3  The  history  of  America  in  the  Turkish  language ;  with  four 

maps  and  thirteen  plates  representing  men,  animals,  and  plants. 

Quarto.  Constantinople. 

Printed  in  the  year  of  the  Hegira  1 142.     A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum. 

MDCCXXX. 
1  An  historical  account  of  the  incorporated  society  for  the 
propagation  of  the  gospel  in  foreign  parts.     Containing  their 
foundation,  proceedings,  and  the  success  of  their  missionaries 
in  the  British  colonies,  to  the  year  1728.     By  David  Hum- 
phreys, D.D.,  secretary  to  the  honourable  society.      London. 
8vo.  pp.  356. 
This  society  was  incorporated  in  1701.      The  whole  of  this  volume  relates 
to  the  proceedings  of  the  missionaries  in  different  parts  of  North  America, 


44  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1730.  together  with  the  state  of  religion  there :  and  is  illustrated  with  two  maps, 

w^«^  one  of  Carolina,  the  other  of  New  England,  &c.  by  Herman  Moll. 

2  HiSTOiRE  DE  l'Isle  Espagnole,  ou  de  S.  Domingue.     Ecrite 

particulierement  sur  des  memoires  manuscrit  du  P.  Jean 
Baptiste  le  Pers,  Jesuite,  Missionnaire  a  Saint  Domingue  et 
sur  les  pieces  originales,  qui  se  conservent  au  depot  de  la 
Marine.  Par  le  P.  Pierre  Francois  Xavier  de  Charlevoix^ 
de  la  compagnie  de  Jesus.  ....         Paris. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 
Reprinted  at  Amsterdam  in  1733,  in  4  vols.  12mo.  According  to  the  judg- 
ment of  Bayle,  this  is  the  best  of  the  works  of  Charlevoix.  The  worthy 
father  says,  however,  that  if  he  had  listened  to  the  different  critics  who 
passed  judgment  on  his  work,  he  should  have  been  in  the  case  of  the  man 
in  the  fable,  who,  between  his  two  wives,  was  left  without  any  hair  on  his 
head. 

3  HisTORiA  DA  America  Portugueza,  desde  o  anno  de  mil  e 

quinhentos  de  seu  descobrimento,  ate  o  de  mil  e  setecentos 
e  vinte  e  quatro.     Composta  por  Sebastiao  da  Rocha  Pitta. 
Folio,  pp.  716.  Lisboa. 

A  very  rare  book.  "  The  only  general  history  of  Brazil ;  a  meagre  and  in- 
accurate work,  which  has  been  accounted  valuable,  merely  because  there 
was  no  other.''  Southey,\%\0. — "Rocha  Pitta,  an  intelligent  and  well- 
informed  Brasilian,  compiled  a  history  of  Brasil,  from  the  Chronicles  of 
the  Jesuits  and  other  authorities,  and  some  valuable  local  knowledge  of 
his  own.  This  work  is  extremely  copious  in  the  details  of  its  foundation 
as  a  colony,  its  successive  governors,  its  churches,  monasteries,  and  con- 
vents ;  but,  in  its  natural  history,  productions,  commerce,  and,  in  short, 
every  point  of  useful  information,  is  brief,  cramped,  and  deficient ;  it  is 
written  also  in  the  most  bombastic  and  enthusiastic  style  :  yet  the  Portu- 
guese government  in  a  ieyr  years  publicly  prohibited  its  being  read  under 
the  severest  penalties,  and  it  is  now  only  to  be  met  with  (carefully  se- 
cluded) in  the  cabinets  of  the  curious.    Lindley,  1805. 

MDCCXXXI. 

1  The  importance  of  the  British  plantations  in  America  to  this 

kingdom ;  with  the  state  of  their  trade,  and  methods  for  im- 
proving it ;  as  also  a  description  of  the  several  colonies  there. 
8vo.  pp.  114.  London. 

2  *CoNsiDERATiONs  On  the  dispute  now  depending  before  the 

Hon.  House  of  Commons,  between  the  British  southern  and 
northern  plantations  in  America.        .         .         .         London. 
8vo. 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1731. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  45 

3  *Observations  on  the  case  of  the  northern  colonies.  1731. 
8vo.                                                                                    London.     ^'^ 

In  the  British  Museum. 

4  *The  importance  of  the  Sugar  Colonies  to  Great  Britain  stated. 

8vo.  London. 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1731. 

5  The  natural  history  of  Carolina,  Florida,  and  the  Bahama 

islands,  with  figures  coloured  after  the  life.  By  Mark  Gatesby. 

Folio,  2  vols.    220  plates.  London. 

This  important  work  was  commenced  in  this  year,  and  continued  in  numbers 

or  parts,  to  the  year  1748,  when  the  appendix,  completing  the  work,  was 

published.     A  second  edition  was  published  in  1754,  and  a  third  in  1771. 

6  Tratado  dos  descobrimentos  antigos  e  modernos  feitos  ate  a 

era  de  1550.  Com  os  nomes  particulares  das  pessoas  que  os 
fizerao:  e  em  que  tempos,  e  as  suas  alturas  e  dos  desvairados 
caminhos  por  onde  a  pimienta  e  especiaria  veyo  da  India  as 
nossas  partes :  obra  certo  muy  notavel,  e  copiosa.  Composta 
pelo  faraoso  Antonio  Galvao.  ....  Lisboa. 
Folio,  pp.  116. 
The  first  edition  of  this  work,  which  was  printed  in  1563,  is  among  the 

rarest  of  rare  books,  nor  is  this  second  edition  easily  to  be  met  with. 

Hakluyt's  translation,  printed  in  1601,  is  also  a  rare  book,  but  is  reprinted 

in  the  additions  to  the  edition  of  his  voyages,  published  by  Mr.  Evans 

in  1809. 

MDCCXXXII. 

1  A  letter  from   South  Carolina;  giving  an  account  of  the 

soil,  air,  product,  trade,  government,  laws,  religion,  people, 

military  strength,  &c.  of  that  province;    together  with  the 

manner  and  necessary  charges  of  settling  a  plantation  there, 

and  the  annual  profit  it  will  produce.     Written  by  a  Swiss 

gentleman  to  his  friend  at  Bern.     The  second  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  63.  London. 

First  printed  in  1710. 

2  A  NEW  AND  ACCURATE  ACCOUNT  of  the  proviuccs  of  South  Ca- 

rolina and  Georgia :  with  many  curious  and  useful  observations 
on  the  trade,  navigation,  and  plantations  of  Great  Britain, 
compared  with  her  most  powerful  maritime  neighbours  in  an- 
cient and  modern  times.  ....         London. 
Bvo.  pp.  76. 
Some  copies  have  the  date  of  1733.     This  appears  to  be  the  tract  referred 
to  by  Nichols,  (Lit.  Anec.  i,  p.  19,)  as  written  by  Gov.  Oglethorpe. 


46  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1732.  In  the  preface  mention  is  made  of  ""Captain  Vurry,  a  Swiss  gentleman, 

who  about  two  years  ago  wrote  an  authentick  account  of  that  country  in 
French,"  and  the  following  title  is  given  : 
Description   Abregee  de  I'etat  present  de  la  Caroline  Meridionale  :   par 
Jean  Pierre  Purry,  de  Neufchatel.  ....         Neufchatel. 

In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  1732  is  a  translation  of  Mr.  Purry 's 
French  treatise,  "  drawn  up  at  Charles-town,  in  Sept.  1731."  This 
could  have  hardly  been  printed  before  1732,  which  induces  a  belief  that 
Capt.  Purry  published  another  tract  on  the  subject,  in  1730,  or  there- 
abouts. It  is  to  be  regretted  that  so  little  is  known  of  a  person  who 
was  so  instrumental  in  establishing  the  colony  of  Geoi^a. 

3  A  CONFERENCE  between  His  Exc.  Jonathan  Belcher,  esq.  cap- 
tain general  and  governour  in  chief  of  H.  M.'s  province  of 
Massachuset's  Bay,  in  New-England,  and  the  chief  sachems 
of  several  Indian  tribes,  with  other  chief  men  of  the  said 
tribes,  at  Falmouth,  in  Casco  Bay,  in  New-England,  July, 
1732,  &c London. 

8vo.  pp.  28. 

4  A  COLLECTION  OF  VOYAGES  AND  TRAVELS,  somc  DOW  first  printed 
from  original  manuscripts,  others  now  first  printed  in  English. 
In  six  volumes.  With  a  general  preface,  giving  an  account 
of  the  progress  of  navigation  from  its  first  beginning.  Illus- 
trated with  a  great  number  of  maps  and  cuts,  curiously  en- 
graven. .......         London. 

Folio,  6  vols. 

The  first  four  volumes  were  printed  in  1704.  Many  of  the  articles  in  this 
collection  are  interesting,  and  are  not  to  be  found  elsewhere  in  the  English 
language.  To  make  the  collection  complete,  the  Osborne,  or  Oxford  col- 
lection, printed  in  ]  745,  should  be  added  to  it.  The  following  are  the 
articles  contained  in  the  six  volumes : 
Vol.  I. — Navarrete's  account  of  China,  from  the  Spanish  edition,  printed 
at  Madrid  in  1676. 

Baumgarten's  travels  through  Egypt,  Arabia,  Palestine,  and  Syria 
From  the  Latiu. 

Brawem  and  Herckemann's  voyage  to  Chili  in  1642  and  1643.  From 
the  Dutch.     Frankfort,  1649. 

Account  of  Formosa  and  Japan.     From  the  Dutch. 

Capt.  John  Monck's  voyage  in  1619  and  1620,  to  Hudson's  Straits,  to 
discover  a  passage  betwixt  Greenland  and  America,  to  the  West  Indies. 
From  the  Dutch.     Frankfort,  1650. 

Beauplan's  description  of  Ukraine.     From  the  French. 

Italian  voyages  to  Congo  in  1666,  1667,  and  1682.     From  the  Italian. 

Sir  Thomas  Roe's  voyage  to  the  East  Indies. 


Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova.  47 

Vol.  II. — Nieuhoff 's  voyages  and  travels  into  Brasil  and  the  East  Indies.    J  732 
From  the  Dutch. 

Capt.  John  Smith's  true  travels  and  adventures  into  Europe,  Asia,  Afri- 
ca, and  America.     First  printed  in  1630. 

The  Journal  of  seven  sailors  who  wintered  in  Greenland,  and  of  seven 
others  who  wintered  in  Spitzbergen.     From  the  Dutch. 

La  Peyrere's  accounts  of  Iceland  and  Greenland.     From  the  French. 

James's  strange  and  dangerous  voyage  for  the  discovery  of  a  North-west 
passage.     First  printed  in  1633. 

Backhoff  and  Wagener's  travels  to  China.     From  the  Dutch. 

The  life  of  Columbus,  written  by  his  son.  From  the  Italian.  First 
printed  in  1571. 

Pyramidographia,  &c.  by  John  Greaves. 

Borri's  account  of  Cochin  China.     From  the  Italian. 
Vol.  III. — Ovalle's  historical  relation  of  Chili.  Abridged  from  the  Spanish . 
First  printed  at  Rome,  in  1646. 

Sir  William  Monson's  naval  tracts;  in  six  books.  Printed  from  the 
original  manuscript. 

Baldoeus's  description  of  Malabar,  Coromandel,  and  Ceylon.     From 
the  Dutch.     Printed  at  Amsterdam  in  1672. 
Vol.  IV. — Gemelli  Careri's  voyage  round  the  world.     From  the  Italian, 
first  printed  at  Naples  in  1699. 

Shipwreck  of  a  Dutch  vessel  on  the  Isle  of  Quelpaert,  and  description 
of  Corea.    From  the  French. 

Sepp  and  Behme's  voyage  from  Spain  to  Paraquaria.  From  the  Dutch. 
Printed  at  Nuremberg  in  1697. 

A  Fragment  concerning  the  discovery  of  the  Islands  of  Salomon.  From 
the  Spanish  fragment  in  Thevenot's  collection. 

Techo's  history  of  the  provinces  of  Paraguay,  Rio  de  la  Plata,  Parana, 
Chili,  &c.     From  the  Latin.     Leodii,  1673. 

Pelham'a  preservation  of  eight  men  in  Greenland. 

Merin's  Journey  to  the  mines  in  Hungary. 

Ten  Rhyne's  account  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

Boland's  observations  on  the  Streights  of  Gibraltar. 
Vol.  V. —  Barbot's  description  of  North  and  South  Guinea,  and  Angola: 
with  a  new  relation  of  Guiana,  and  of  the  rivers  of  Amazons  and  Oronoque. 
Now  first  printed  (1732.) 

General  observations,  and  an  account  of  the  discovery  of  America,  from 
Herrera's  history  of  the  West  Indies.  With  a  brief  description  of  the 
Caribbee  islands. 

Rolamb's  journey  to  Constantinople,  from  the  Swedish. 
Vol.  VI. — Baron's  description  of  Tonqueen. 

Gemelli  Careri's  travels  through  Europe. 

Colonel  Norwood's  voyage  to  Virginia  in  1649. 

Captain  Philip's  to  Cape  Mounseradoe,  in  Africa,  and  to  Barbadoes. 

Gatonbe's  voyage  into  the  North-west  passage,  in  1612. 


48  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

iwQo.  Everard's  three  years' suflfering  on  the  coast  of  Assada,  near  Mada- 

^^  gascar. 

The  Moaqueto  Indian  and  his  golden  river,  heing  a  familiar  description 
of  the  Mosquito  kingdom,  in  America.  Written  (in  or  about  the  year 
1699)  by  M.  W. 

Lord's  discovery  of  two  forreigne  sects  in  the  East- Indies. 

Mav's  wonderful  preservation  of  the  ship  Terra  Nova,  homeward 
bound  from  Virginia. 

Skippon's  Journey  through  part  of  the  Low  Countries,  Germany,  Italy, 

and  France. 

5  *SoME  ACCOUNT  of  the  design  of  the  trustees  for  Georgia, 

Folio.  London. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

6  Relation  du  voyage  de  la  Mer  du  Sud  aux  cotes  du  Chily 

et  du  Perou,  fait  pendant  les  ann^es   1712,  1713,  et  1714. 
Avec  une    reponse  k   la  preface   critique   du    livre    intitule 
Journal  des  Observations,  &c.  par  le  P.  Feuillee,  et  une  chro- 
nologic des  vicerois  du  Perou,  depuis  son  etablissement  jus- 
qu'au  teras  de  la  relation  du  voyage  de  la  Mer  du  Sud.     Par 
M.  Frezier,  &c.  ......         Paris. 

Quarto. 
Merely  a  new  title-page  and  a  supplement  of  sixty-three  pages  added  to  the 
edition  of  1716.     The  supplement  consists  of  Frezier's  reply  to  Father 
Feuillee's  criticisms  in  the  preface  to  his  third  volume  (1725). 

7  Lima  fundada,  o  conquista    del  Peru.     Poema  heroyco,  en 

que  se  declara  toda  la  historia  del  descubrimiento  y  sugecion 
de  sus  provincias  por  D.  Fran'"-  Pizarro,   Marques  de  los 
Atabillos,  inclyto  y  primer  governador  de  este  vasto  imperio. 
Y  se  contiene  la  serie  de  los  reyes,  la  historia  de  los  virreyes 
y  arzobispos,  que  ha  tenido,  y  la  memoria  de  los  santos  y 
varones    ilustres  que    la    ciudad  y    reyno    han    producido, 
&c.     Por  el  Dr.  Pedro  de  Peralta  Barnuevo  Rocha  y  Bena- 
vides,  &c.  .......          Lima. 

Small  4to.  2  vols. 
A  heroic  poem  in  octave  verse,  celebrating  the  discovery  and  conquest  of 
Peru  by  Pizarro. 

8  Representacion   al  Rey  Phelipe  V.  dirigida  al   mas  seguro 

aumento  del  Real  Erario  y  conseguir  la  felicidad,  mayor 
alivio,  riqueza  y  abundancia  de  su  Monarquia,  &c.  Hecha 
por  Don  Miguel  de  Zavala  y  Aunon.  .         .         Madrid. 

Folio. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  40 

This  writer  proposes  that  the  commerce  with  America  should  be  carried  on    1 739. 
by  Spaniards  alone,  and  that  its  produce  should  circulate  in  Spain  only.      \^/^ 
The  work  is  quoted  by  Robertson.     This  edition  has  no  preliminaries, 
and  was  probably  printed  merely  for  private  distribution  :  another  edition 
with  the  same  date  on  the  title  has  the  privileges,  &c.  dated  in  1738. 

MDCCXXXIII. 

1  Reasons  for  establishing  the  colony  of  Georgia,  with  regard  to 

the  trade  of  Great  Britain,  the  increase  of  our  people,  and  the 

employment  and  support  it  will  afford  to  great  numbers  of  our 

own  poor,  as  well  as  foreign   persecuted  Protestants.     With 

some  account  of  the  country,  and  the  design  of  the  trustees. 

Quarto,  pp.  48,  map,  &c.  London. 

A  second  edition,  printed  in  the  same  year,  has  the  author's  name,  Benjamin 

Martyn,  esq.  on  the  title-page. 

2  *AccouNT  of  the  designs  of  the  trustees  for  establishing  the 

colony  of  Georgia,  annexed  to  a  sermon  preached  at  their  first 

yearly  meeting,  25th  February,  1730 — 31.  By  Samuel  Smith. 

Quarto.  London. 

Library  of  Harvard  College. 

3  The  case  of  the  planters  of  tobacco  in  Virginia  as  repre- 

sented by  themselves  ;  signed  by  the  President  of  the  Council 
and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses.  To  which  is  added, 
a  vindication  of  the  said  representation.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  64. 

4  A  reply  to  the  vindication  of  the  representation  of  the  case  of 

the  planters  of  tobacco  in  Virginia.  In  a  letter  to  Sir  I.  11. 
from  the  merchants  of  London.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

5  A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  of  the  hurricane  that  passed  through  the 

English  Leeward  Charibbee  Islands,  on  Saturday,  June  30th, 
1733.       ........         London. 

8vo. 

6  A  MAP  OF  THE  BRITISH  EMPIRE  in  America,  with  the  French 

and  Spanish  settlements  adjacent  thereto.  By  Henry  Popple. 

Folio,  20  plates.  London. 

This  map,  engraved  by  Toms,  appears  to  have  been  the  largest  and  finest 

hitherto  published  of  America.     It  contains  a  number  of  views  of  cities 

and  plans  of  ports.     Being  generally  bound  in  the  form  of  an  atlas,  it 

was  thought  proper  to  introduce  it  here. 


^"  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1733.   7  HisToiRE  DEs  DECOuvERTEs  ct  conquctes  des  Portuguais  dans 
'^'*'  le  Nouveau  Monde ;  avec  des  figures  en  taille-douce.     Par 

le  R.  P.  Joseph  Fran9ois  Lafitau,  de  la  C**-  de  Jesus.    Paris. 
Quarto,  2  vols. 

The  title  of  this  work  is  not  very  appropriate,  as  it  relates  almost  entirely 
to  the  discoveries  and  conquests  made  by  the  Portuguese  in  Asia  and 
Africa.    It  is,  however,  an  esteemed  and  well-written  work. 

8  Descripcion    chorographica   del    terreno,    rios,    arboles,  y 

animales  de  las    dilatadissimas  provincias  del  gran  Chaco, 

Gualamba  :  y  de  los  ritos  y  costumbres  de  las  innumerables 

naciones  barbaras  e  infieles  que  la  habitan :  con  una  cabal 

relacion  historica  de  lo  que  en  ellas  ban  obrado  para  con- 

quistarlas  algunos  governadores,   y  ministros  reales  :    y  los 

missioneros  Jesuitas  para  reducirlas  k  la  fe    del  verdadero 

Dios.     Escrita  por  el  P.  Pedro  Lozano  de  la  comp"-  de  Jesus, 

chronista  de  su  provincia  del  Tucuman.  .  Cordova. 

Small  4to.  pp.  485,  map. 

An  interesting  account  of  a  country  very  little  known,  even  a  century  after 

it  was  printed. 

9  La  Araucana.     Primera,  Segunda,  y  Tercera  Parte.     De  Don 

Alonso  Ercilla,  y  Zuniga.  .         .  '  Madrid. 

Folio. 
See  1578.    This  edition  was  edited  by  Barcia;  who  has  added  to  it  the 
fourth  and  fifth  parts  by  Don  Diego  de  Santistevan  Osorio.     See  1597. 

MDCCXXXIV. 

1  An  extract  of  the  journals  of  Mr.  Commissary  Von  Reck, 

who  conducted  the  first  transport  of  Saltzburgers  to  Georgia: 
and  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bolzius,  one  of  their  ministers.     Giving 
an  account  of  their  voyage  to,  and  happy  settlement  in  that 
province.     Published  by  the  direction  of  the  society  for  pro- 
moting christian  knowledge.      ....         London. 
8vo.  pp.  72. 
A  very  curious  and  interesting  little  work  relating  to  the  establishment  of 
Ebenezer  by  the  Saltzburgers. 

2  A  SERMON  preached  at  St.  George's  church,  Hanover-square,  on 

Sunday,  February  17,  173|,  to  recommend  the  charity  for 
establishing  the  new  colony  of  Georgia.  By  T.  Rundle,  LL.D. 
prebendary  of  Durham.  ....         London. 

Svo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  51 

3  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in   the  Charibbee  Leeward   islands,    1734. 

from  1690  to  1730 London, 

Folio. 

4  Glorias  del  segundo  siglo  de  la  compania  de  Jesus,  dibux- 

adas  en  las  vidas,  y  elogios  de  algunos  de  sus  varones  ilustres 
en  virtud,  letras  y  zelo  de  las  almas,  que  han  florecido  desde 
el  aiio  de  1640,  primero  del  segundo  siglo,  desde  la  aprobacion 
de  la  religion.     Escritas  por  el  P.  Joseph  Cassani,  de  la  misma 
Compania,  &c.         .         .         .         .         .         .         Madrid. 

Folio,  3  vols. 
This  work  is  a  continuation  of  that  of  Father  Nieremburg,  Ideas  de  virtud, 
&c.,  1643,  and  forms  the  7th,  8th,  and  9th  volumes  of  the  collection  of 
lives  of  the  members  of  the  order  of  the  Jesuits  celebrated  for  their  piety 
or  their  learning  ;  together  with  an  account  of  their  missions  to  different 
parts  of  the  world.  The  work  is  dedicated  to  "  the  Sovereign  August 
Venerable  Sacrament,  which  was  worshipped  in  the  Jesuit's  College  ut 
Alcala,  under  the  form  of  twenty-four  consecrated  wafers,  which  had  been 
miraculously  preserved  there,  from  the  year  1593,  as  white  and  fresh  as 
when  they  were  first  consecrated .''  In  the  first  volume  there  is  an  account 
of  the  missions  to  Canada,  and  lives  of  the  missionaries  sent  by  the  Jesuits 
to  different  parts  of  America. 

5  *KuRZE  Nachricht  von  dem  mitt'agigeu  Carolina.    Ausgesetzt 

in  Carlstown  von  vier  Schweizern.     Aus  dem  Franzosischen. 

8vo.  Leipsig. 

Meusel  iii.  1.  393. 

MDCCXXXV. 

1  A  NEW  VOYAGE  to  Georgia.     By  a  young  gentleman  :  giving  an 

account  of  his  travels  to  South  Carolina,  and  part  of  North 
Carolina.  To  which  is  added,  a  curious  account  of  the 
Indians.  By  an  honourable  person.  And  a  poem  to  James 
Oglethorpe,  esq.  on  his  arrival  from  Georgia.  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  62. 

2  New  voyages  to  North  America,  &c.     (See  No.  496.)     By  the 

Baron  Lahontan,  &c.  at  that  time  in  England.     The  second 

edition.  .......         London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

The  same  as  the  first  edition  of  1703. 

3  A  COLLECTION  of  all  the  Acts  of  Assembly  now  in  force  in  the 

colony  of  Virginia.  .....         London. 

Folio. 


52  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1735.  4  A  VOYAGE  to  Guinea,  Brasil,  and  the  West  Indies,  in  his  Majes- 

^'*'  ty's  ships  the  Swallow  and  Weymouth,  &c.    By  John  Atkins. 

8vo.  London. 

The  author  was  a  surgeon,  and  somewhat  of  a  philosopher.     According  to 

Watts,  this  voyage  was  first  printed  in  1723,  the  year  in  which  the  author 

returned  from  it.     An  edition,  with  the  date  of  1737,  is  called  the  second 

on  the  title-page. 

5  A  JOURNEY  OVER  LAND  from  the  Gulf  of  Honduras  to  the  South 

Sea,  performed  by  John  Cockburn  and  five  other  English- 
men.   To  which  is  added,  a  briefe  discovery e  of  some  things 
best  worth  noteing  in  the  travells  of  Nicholas  Withington, 
a  factor  in  the  East-Indias.        ....         London. 
8vo. 
Republished  with  a  different  title  in  1740.      In  the  French  title  of  this 
work,  in  tlie  Bibliotheque  des  Voyages,   it  is  slated  to  be  by  Nicholas 
Withington  ;  and  Pinkerton  (Collection  of  Voyages,  vol.  17,  p.  208,) 
re-translates  the  title,  and  perpetuates  the  error.     Similar  instances  are 
innumerable  in  the  former  work,  and  are  all  repeated,  with  additions,  in 
the  latter. 

6  A  SHOUT  ACCOUNT  of  the  first  settlement  of  the  provinces  of 

Virginia,  Maryland,  New- York,  New-Jersey,  and  Pensylva- 
nia,  by  the  English.  To  which  is  annexed,  a  map  of  Mary- 
land, according  to  the  bounds  mentioned  in  the  charter,  and 
also  of  the  adjacent  country,  anno  1630.  .         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  20,  and  map. 

7  *New-Eng  land's  lamentations  for  the  decay  of  godliness, 

the  danger  of  Arminian  principles,  the  declining  state  of  their 
church  order,  &c.     By  J.  White,  M.A.  .         London. 

8vo.  ? 

Gent.'s  Mag.  v.  p.  391, 

8  AusfUhrliche   Nachrichten    von  den    Salzburgischen  Emi- 

granten,  die  sich  in  America  niedergelassen  haben,  worinnen 
die  Reisediaria  des  konigl.  Grossbritannischen  Commissarii 
und  der  beyden  Salzburgischen  Prediger,  wie  auch  eine 
Beschreibung  von  Georgien  enthalten.     Heraus  gegeben  von 

Samuel  Urlsperger .         Halle. 

Quarto. 
This  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Saltzburgh  emigrants,  who  formed 
the  settlement  of  Ebenezer  in  Georgia,  was  continued  from  year  to  year  to 
1762,  forming  eighteen  parts.  Another  work  on  the  same  subject  was 
commenced  in  1754.  The  early  parts  of  the  present  work  appear  to  have 
been  reprinted  in  1744. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  53 

MDCCXXXVI.  1736. 

1  A  CHRONOLOGICAL  HISTORY  OF  New-England  in  the  form  of 
annals :  being  a  summary  and  exact  account  of  the  most  ma- 
terial transactions  and  occurrences  relating  to  this  country 
in  the  order  of  time  wherein  they  happened,  from  the  discovery 
by  Capt.  Gosnold  in  1602,  to  the  arrival  of  Gov.  Belcher  in 
1730.  With  an  introduction,  containing  a  brief  epitome  of 
the  most  remarkable  transactions  and  events  abroad,  from  the 
creation:  including  the  connected  line  of  time,  the  succession 
of  patriarchs  and  sovereigns  of  the  most  famous  kingdoms 
and  empires,  the  gradual  discoveries  of  America,  and  the  pro- 
gress of  the  reformation  to  the  discovery  of  New-England. 
By  Thomas  Prince,  M.A.  .         .         .         Boston,  N.E. 

8vo.  Vol.  I. 
Three  numbers  of  a  second  volume  were  printed  iu  1 755.  It  was  the  author's 
intention  to  have  brought  his  history  down  to  1T30,  but  he  has  only  reached 
to  1633.  He  spent  much  time  upon  the  introductory  epitome,  which 
begins  at  the  creation.  Had  he  confined  himself  to  New-England,  and 
finished  his  work,  it  would  have  been  of  incalculable  value.  Allen.  A.  new 
edition  was  printed  at  Boston  in  1826. 

2  Georgia,  a  poem  ;  Tomo  Chachi,  an  ode.     A  copy  of  verses  on 

Mr.  Oglethorpe's  second  voyage  to  Georgia.       .         London. 
Folio. 

3  Report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  examine  into  the  pro- 

ceedings of  the  people  of  Georgia,  with  respect  to  the  pro- 
vince of  South-Carolina,  and  the  disputes  subsisting  between 
the  two  colonies.      .....         Charles-town. 

Quarto,  pp.  121. 

Printed  by  Lewis  Timothy.  There  was  no  printer  in  the  Carolines  before 
1730,  and  this  appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  earliest  productions  of  the 
Charleston  press  in  the  form  of  a  book. 

4  PonTiCA  Indiana,  &c.     (As  in  the  edition  of  1648.)     Sale  en 

esta  tercera  impression  ilustrada  por  el  Lie.  D.  Francisco 
Ramiro  Fa/enzMe/a,  Relator  del  supreme  consejo  y  Camarade 
Indias,  y  electo  Oidor  honorario  de  la  Real  audiencia,  y  Casa 
de  la  contratacion  de  Cadiz  :  y  en  dos  tomos.  .  Madrid. 
Folio,  2  vols. 

5  CoMMENTARiA  IN  LEGUM  iNDiCAREM  rccopilationcm.  {Madrid?) 
Folio,   4  vols. 

Without  titles  or  preliminaries.  From  two  royal  orders  inserted  at  pp.  46 
and  47,  of  \'ol.  iv.  we  learn  that  the  work  was  composed  by  T).  Juan  del 


54  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 736.  Carral  Calvo  dt  la  Torre,  Oidor  in  the  Audiencia  of  Santiago  de  Chile ;  and 

y^y^  that  in  1732  he  was  ordered  to  send  the  work  to  Spain  to  be  printed.     In 

1735  the  first  and  second  volumes  had  been  examined  and  highly  approved 
by  the  Council  of  the  Indies,  and  the  author  was  requested  to  send  the  3d 
and  4th,  and  to  finish  the  dth  and  6th,  which  would  complete  the  work, 
but  it  appears  that  death  prevented  his  completing  the  4th  volume,  which 
only  reaches  to  the  12th  title  of  the  dth  book  ;  the  index  to  this  volimie 
being  headed  thus  :  <'Rerum  quae  in  hac  parte  Quarti  tomi,  (morte  auctoris 
itarelicti)continentur,"&c.  Apparently  the  work  was  left  in  this  state, 
and  never  published.  The  indexes  to  each  volimie  are  also  imperfect. 
This  copy  was  found  in  sheets  among  the  papers  of  D.  Bernardo  Yriarte. 


MDCCXXXVII. 

1  The  natural  history  of  North  Carolina.     With  an  account 

of  the  trades,  manners,  and  customs  of  the  Christian  and  In- 
dian inhabitants.     Illustrated  with  copper-plates,  whereon  are 
curiously  engraved  the  map  of  the  country,  several  strange 
beasts,  birds,  fishes,  snakes,  insects,  trees,  and  plants,  &c. 
By  John  Brickell,  M.D.      Nostra  nos  in  urbe  peregrinamur. 
Cic.  ........         Dublin. 

8vo. 
Republished  with  a  new  title-page  in  1743.  This  work  is  an  almost  exact 
transcript  of  Lawson's  Carolina,  (see  No.  1  of  1709,)  without  any  ac- 
ledgment,  or  even  a  hint  that  it  is  not  original.  Periods  and  paragraphs 
are  transposed,  parts  are  occasionally  omitted,  and  words  here  and  there 
interpolated ;  but,  as  a  whole,  a  more  daring  piece  of  plagiarism  was  never 
executed.     N.A.R.  xxiii.  p.  288. 

2  A  NEW  VOYAGE  TO  GEORGIA,  by  a  young  gentleman,   &c.     The 

second  edition.         ......  London. 

8vo.  pp.  62. 

Merely  a  new  title-page  to  the  edition  of  1735. 

.3  The  report  of  the  Committee  of  the  Commons  House  of  Assembly 
of  the  province  of  South-Carolina,  on  the  state  of  the  paper- 
currency  of  the  said  province.  .         .         .         London. 
Quarto,  pp.  48. 

4  A  FAITHFUL  NARRATIVE  of  the  surprizing  work  of  God,  in  the 

conversion  of  many  hundred  souls  in  New- England. 

8vo.  ?  London  ? 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1737. 

5  A    GENUINE   NARRATIVE   of  the   intended   conspiracy   of  the 

negroes  at  Antigua.      Extracted  from  an  authentic  copy  of  a 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  55 

report  made  to  the  chief  Governor  of  the  Carabee  islands,  by   1737. 
the  commissioners  appointed  to  try  the  conspirators. 
Small  8vo.  Dublin. 

S  HisToiRE  DES  YNCAS  Rois  du  Perou,  depuis  le  premier  Ynca 
Manco  Capac,  fils  du  soleil,  jusqu'a  Atahualpa  dernier  Ynca; 
ou  Ton  voit  leur  etablissement,  leur  religion,  leurs  loix,  leurs 
conqu^tes,  les  merveilles  du  temple  du  soleil  et  tout  I'etat 
de  ce  grand  empire,  avant  que  les  Espagnols  s'en  rendissent 
maitres.     Traduite  de  I'Espagnol  de  TYnca  Garcilasso  de  la 
Vega.     On  a  joint  a  cette  edition,  I'histoire  de  la  conqu^te  de 
la  Floride  par  le  m^me  auteur,  &c,     Avec  des  figures  dessinees 
par  feu  B.  Picart,  le  Romain.      .         .         .         Amsterdam. 
Quarto,  2  vols. 
The  translation  of  the  history  of  Peru  is  by  Baudouin  (first  printed  in  1650,) 
and  the  history  of  Florida  by  Richelet,  (see  No.  3,  1709.)     At  the  end 
of  the  second  volume  is  found  Hennepin's  new  discovery  of  a  country 
larger  than  Europe,  situated  iu  America.     The  volumes  are  ornamented 
with  very  fine  engravings. 

7  Epitome  de  la  bibliotheca  oriental  y  occidental,  nautica 
y  geografica :  de  Don  Antonio  de  Leon  Pinelo,  del  Consejo 
de  S.  M.  en  la  casa  de  la  Contratacion  de  Sevilla  y  Coronista 
mayor  de  las  Indias,  Aiiadido  y  enmendado  nuevamente,  en 
que  se  contienen  los  Escritores  de  las  Indias  Orientales  y 
Occidentales  y  Reinos  convecinos,  China,  Tartaria,  Japon, 
Persia,  Armenia,  Etiopia  y  otras  partes.     .  .  Madrid. 

Folio,  3  vols. 
This  work  first  appeared  in  1629  in  a  small  thin  quarto  ;  and  Barcia  pro- 
posed to  reprint  it  as  an  addition  to  the  new  edition  of  Herrera  (1726.) 
He  found,  however,  such  an  abundance  of  materials  as  produced  three 
small  volumes  in  folio.  The  titles  of  books  being  all  translated  into 
Spanish,  the  omission  of  the  places  where  published  and  great  inaccura- 
cies in  names  and  dates,  detract  much  from  the  utility  of  the  work.  The 
second  volume  contains  the  works  relating  to  America,  and  its  greatest 
value  consists  in  the  notices  it  gives  of  Spanish  manuscripts  on  the 
subject,  most  of  which  are  still  existing  in  Spain.  Barcia  himself  pos- 
sessed a  noble  collection  of  books  and  manuscripts  relating  to  America, 
which  were  dispersed  at  his  death. 

8  CoMPENDio   cHRONOLOGico   de   los     privilegios     regulares  de 

Indias  desde  Leon  x.  creado  en   1513,    hasta  clemente  xii. 

creado  en  1730.     Su  autor  el  Rmo.  P.  F.  Domingo  Lossado. 

Quarto.  Madrid. 


56  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1738. 

MDCCXXXVIII. 

1  A  JOURNAL  OF  A  VOYAGE  from  Gibraltar  to  Georgia.     By  George 

Whitefield,  A.B.  of  Pembroke  College,  Oxford.     Containing 
many   curious  observations  and  edifying  reflections  on    the 
several  occurrences  that  happened  in  the  voyage.         London. 
8vo.  pp.  34. 

2  *An  APOLOGY  for  the  liberties  of  the  churches  in  New-England ; 

with  a  discourse  concerning   congregational  churches.     By 

Samuel  Mather Boston,  N.E. 

Svo. 

Library  of  Harvard  College. 

3  The  history   of   the   British   plantations  in  America. 

With  a  chronological  account  of  the  most  remarkable  things 
which  happened  to  the  first  adventurers  in  their  several  dis- 
coveries of  that  new  world.  Parti.  Containing  the  history 
of  Virginia;  with  remarks  on  the  trade  and  commerce  of  that 
colony.  By  Sir  William  Keith,  Bart.  .  .  London. 
Quarto,  pp.  1 87.     2  maps. 

Printed  at  the  expense  of  the  society  for  the  encouragement  of  learning. 
The  continuation  was  never  published.  Sir  William  Keith  was  Governor 
of  Pennsylvania  from  171T  to  1726. 

4  Acts  of  assembly  passed  in  the  island  of  Jamaica  from  1681 

to  1737  inclusive.  London. 

Folio. 

5  The  history  of  the  conquest  of  Mexico  by  the  Spaniards.    In 

two  volumes.  Translated  into  English  from  the  original 
Spanish  of  Don  Antonio  de  Solis,  &c.  By  Thomas  Townsend, 
esq.  late  Lieut.  Col.  in  Brig.  Gen.  Newton's  regiment.  The 
whole  translation  revised  and  corrected,  by  Nathaniel  Hooke, 
esq.,  author  of  the  Roman  History,  &c.  .  .  London. 
Svo.     2  vols. 

6  Recueil  de  voyages  dans  I'Amerique  Meridionale,  contenant 

diverses  observations  remarquables  touchant  le  Perou,  la  Gui- 
ane,  le  Bresil,  &c.     Traduits  de  I'Espagnol  et  de  I'Anglois. 
12mo.    3  vols.  Amsterdam. 

A  reprint  of  the  Voyages  de  Frangois  Coreal,  &c,  (see  1722.) 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  57 

7  AvANTUREs  du  Sicur  C.  Le  Beau,  avocat  en  Parlement,  ou  voy-  1738. 
age  curieux  et  nouveau  parmi  les  sauvages  de  TAmerique 
septentrionale,  dans  lequel  ou  trouvera  una  description  du 
Canada,  comma  une  relation  tr^s  particuli^ra  des  anciennas 
coutumes,  moeurs  et  fa9ons  da  vivra  des  barbares  qui  I'habi- 
tent,  et  la  maniere  dont  ils  sa  comportant  aujourd'hui. 
12mo.   2  vols.  Amsterdam. 

This  work  is  highly  praised  by  La  Richarderie,  upon  whose  judgpnent,  how- 
ever, very  little  reliance  can  be  placed.  It  is  somewhere  insinuated  that 
it  is  a  fictitious  narrative. 

MDCCXXXIX. 

1  A  CONTINUATION  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitefield's  Journal,  from 

his  arrival  at  London,  to  his  departure  from  thence  on  his  way 
to  Georgia.      .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  115. 

2  A  CONTINUATION  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitefield's  Journal,   from 

his  arrival  at  Savannah,  to  his  return  to  London.         London. 
8vo.  pp.  38. 
Mr.  Whitefield  states  in  this  pamphlet  that  the   "  Journals  already  pub- 
lished were  printed  without  his  knowledge." 

3  A  DISCOURSE  concerning  the  currencies  of  the  British  planta- 

tions in  America.     Especially  with  regard  to  their  paper  mo- 
ney :  more  particularly  in  relation   to  the  province  of  the 
Massachusett's-Bay,  in  New-England.      .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  54. 
A  very  well  written  pamphlet,  without  a  date,  but  in  which  mention  is  made 
of  the  ''present  year  1739."    The  following  observations  would  apply  to 
a  later  period.     "  The  goodly  appearance  which  Boston,  and  the  country 
in  general,  at  present  make  in  fine  houses,  equipage,  and  dress,  is  owing 
to  paper  money.      Never  were  greater  complaints  of  want  of  money, 
while,  at  the  same  time,  never  more  extravagance  in  equipages  and  dress. 
Boston,  like  a  private  man  of  small  fortune,  does  not  become  richer,  but 
poorer,  by  a  ricb,  goodly  appearance." 

4  The  British  sailor's  discovery,  or  the  Spanish  pretensions 

confuted.  Containing  a  short  history  of  the  discoveries  and 
conquests  of  Spain,  in  America :  with  a  particular  account 
of  the  illegal  and  unchristian  means  they  made  use  of  to 
establish  their  settlements  there.  (&c.  &c.  &c.)  London. 

8vo.    pp.  72. 


58  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1739.  A  tract  with  a  very  long  title,  apparently  intended  to  excite  the  English 

nation  against  the  Spaniards ;  perhaps  the  same  as  the  following : 

5  A  PROPOSAL  for  humbling  Spain.  Written  in  1711,  by  a  per- 
son of  distinction ;  and  now  first  printed  from  the  manuscript. 
To  which  are  added,  some  considerations  on  the  means  of  in- 
demnifying Great  Britain  from  the  expenses  of  the  present 
war.         ........         London. 

8vo.  pp.  72. 
With  no  date,  but  evidently  printed  in  this  year.      It  is  almost  entirely  de- 
scriptire  of  Spanish  America. 

6  Considerations  on  the  American  trade,  before  and  since  the 
establishment  of  the  South  Sea  company.  The  second  edition, 
with  additions.  .         .  ...         London. 

8vo.  pp.  31. 
Written  by  a  Jamaica  merchant  of  some  credit  and  reputation  in  London. 
An  answer  was  published  by  Dr.  Houstoun  in  1741-2.     Houstoun's  Mc' 
moirs  (1747)   p.  226. 

7  *A  HISTORICAL  DISCOURSE  on  the  affairs  of  Rhode  Island  and 

Providence  plantations,   from  1638  to  the  end  of  the  first 

century.     By  John  Callender.  .         .         Boston,  N.E. 

8vo. 

Library  of  Harvard  College. 

8  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  WINDWARD  PASSAGE,  and  Gulph  of  Flo- 
rida, with  the  course  of  the  British  trading- ships  to  and  from 
the  island  of  Jamaica.  Also  an  account  of  the  trade  winds, 
and  of  the  variable  winds  and  currents  on  the  coasts  there- 
abouts, at  different  seasons  of  the  year.  Illustrated  with  a 
chart  of  the  coast  of  Florida,  (&c.  &c.  &c.)       .         London, 

Quarto,  pp.  28,  and  map. 

9  Acts  of  assembly  passed  in  the  island  of  St.  Christopher,  from 
1711  to  1735  inclusive.     .....         London. 

Folio. 

10  Abridgement  of  several  acts  and  clauses  of  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment, relating  to  the  Trade  and  Navigation  of  Great  Britain, 
to,  from,  and  in  the  British  Plantations  in  America,  and  to 
the  duty  of  the  Governors,  and  others,  his  Majesty's  officers 
in  the  said  Plantations.     .....         London. 

Folio. 

British  Museum. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  59 

11  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  AMERICA,  Containing  conjectures  of  its  first   1739. 

peopling ;  the  conquest  of  the  several  countries  by  the  Euro-     ^^ 
peans ;  the  persons,  genius,  habits,  buildings,  manners,  laws, 
customs,   religion,   policy,  arts,   manufactures,  &c.    of  the 
natives ;  with  an  account  of  the  present  divisions  and  subdi- 
visions of  this  new  world,  and  the  vegetables,   animals,  and 
minerals,  that  are  to  be  found  in  each  province.      By  Henry 
Wilson.  .         .  ....         London. 

Folio,  maps. 
This  work  forms  apparently  a  part  of  the  Universal  History,  in  26  volumes, 
folio.     Dr.  Dibdin  speaks  of  it  as  a  separate  work,  "  hardly  worth  men- 
tioning ;  but  as  there  are  tastes  for  all  sorts  of  books,  let  Wilson  be 
picked  up  for  Ts.  6d."  Lib.  Comp.  p.  -172. 

12  *DissERTATio  GEOGRAPHiCA  dc  vcro  Califomice  situ  et  condi- 

tione  :  aucthore  Joh.  Adolph.  Hartmann.  .         Marburg. 

Quarto. 

Meusel,  iii.  1,  351. 

13  HisTOiRE  de  I'expedition  de  trois  vaisseaux,  envoyes  par  la 

compagnie  des  Indes  occidentales  des  Provinces  Unies,  aux 
Terres  Australes  en  MDCCXXI.     Par  Monsieur  de  B***. 
12mo.  2  vols,  in  1.  A  la  Haye. 

Two  relations  were  published  of  Roggewein's  voyage  round  the  world,  one 
in  Dutch,  printed  at  Dort  in  1728,  in  4to.  with  the  title  "Twee  Jaarige 
reyze  random  de  Wereld  ;"  the  other  in  German,  printed  at  Leipsic  in  1738, 
and  translated  into  French  the  following  year  at  the  Hague.  The  author 
of  this  last  was  Charles  Frederic  Behrens,  a  native  of  Mecklenburgh, 
Serjeant  and  commander  of  marines  with  Roggewein.  "  It  is  a  very  poor 
performance,  written  with  much  ignorance,  though  with  the  parade  of 
knowledge.  It  appears  to  me  that  Behrens  kept  no  journal,  and  wrote 
from  memory  ;  but  his  narrative  seems  to  be  faithful  in  the  recital  of  the 
things  he  saw.''     Dalrymple. 

MDCCXL. 

1  A  NEW  HISTORY  of  Jamaica,  from  the  earliest  accounts  to  the 
taking  of  Porto  Bello  by  Vice-admiral  Vernon.  In  thirteen 
letters  from  a  gentleman  to  his  friend.  Containing,  &c. 
With  two  maps,  one  of  that  island,  and  the  other  of  the  cir- 
cumjacent islands  and  territories  belonging  to  France,  Spain, 
&c.     The  second  edition.  ....         London. 

8vo. 
The  first  edition  of  this  work  was  probably  published  in  the  same  year,  as 
the  historv  comes  down  to  the  end  of  1739.      It  was  translated  into 


60  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1740.  French  iu  1751.    It  purports  to  be  written  on  the  spot,  but  is  more  proba- 

bly a  compilation.    There  is  a  great  deal  in  it  relating  to  Morgan  and 
the  Buccaneers. 

2  A  FAITHFUL  ACCOUNT  of  the  distresscs  and  adventures  of  John 
Cockburn,  mariner,  and  five  other  Englishmen ;  who  were 
taken  prisoners  by  a  Spanish  pyrate  ;  treated  in  the  most  in- 
human manner ;  set  on  shore  on  an  uninhabited  island,  naked 
and  wounded,  and  obliged  to  travel  over  land  from  the  Gul 
of  Honduras  to  the  great  South  Sea,  being  2400  miles. 
Containing  many  new  and  useful  discoveries  of  the  inland  of 
those  almost  unknown  parts  of  America;  and  an  exact  account 
of  the  manners,  customs,  and  behaviour  of  the  several  Indians 
inhabiting  so  vast  a  tract  of  land.  The  second  edition.  To 
which  is  annexed,  the  travels  of  Mr.  Nicholas  Whithington  in 
the  East  Indies,  &c. London. 

8vo. 
The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1735.     This  is  probably  the  same,  with 
merely  a  new  title-page. 

3  A  GEOGRAPHICAL  DESCRIPTION  of  the  coasts,  harbours,  and 
sea-ports  of  the  Spanish  West  Indies ;  particularly  of  Porto 
Bello,  Cartagena,  and  the  island  of  Cuba.  With  obser- 
vations of  the  currents  and  the  variations  of  the  compass  in 
the  bay  of  Mexico,  and  the  North  Sea  of  America.  Trans- 
lated from  a  curious  and  authentic  manuscript,  written  in 
Spanish  by  Domingo  Gonsalez  Carranza,  H.  C.  M.'s  principal 
Pilot  of  the  Flota  in  New  Spain.  Anno  1718.  To  which  is 
added  (&c.  &c.  &c.)         .....         London. 

Svo.  pp.  136,  and  5  maps  and  plans. 

4  Memoirs  and  considerations  concerning  the  trade  and  revenues 
of  the  British  Colonies  in  America.  With  proposals  for  ren- 
dering those  colonies  more  beneficial  to  Great  Britain.  By 
John  Ashley,  esq.  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  154. 

This  pamphlet  relates  principally  to  the  produce  of  sugar  in  the  West 
Indies,  and  tlie  markets  for  it. 

5  *TiiE  PRESENT  STATE  of  thc  British  and  French  Colonies.     By 

W.  Perrin London. 

8vo. 

Ceat.'s  Mug.  1740, 


Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova.  61 

6  A   GEOGRAPHICAL  and   historical  description  of  the  principal   1740. 

objects  of  the  present  war  in  the  West  Indies.  London. 

8vo. 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1740. 

7  A  CONTINUATION  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitefield's  Journal,  from 

his  embarking  after  the  embargo,  to  his  arrival  at  Savannah, 
in  Georgia.      .......         London. 

8vo.   pp.  88. 

8  'Journal  of  a  voyage  from  Savannah  to  Philadelphia  and 

England.    By  William  Seward.         .         .         .         London. 

Quarto. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

9  Two  LETTERS  to  Mr.  Wood,  on  the  coin  and  currency  in  the 

Leeward  islands,  &c.  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  61. 

10  An  authentick  and  particular  account  of  the  taking  of  Car- 

thagena  by  the  French,  in  the  year  1697.  Containing  an 
exact  relation  of  that  expedition  (in  all  its  circumstances), 
from  their  first  setting  out,  to  their  return  to  Brest ;  wherein 
are  described  their  several  engagements  with  the  English 
fleets  in  their  passage  home.  By  the  Sieur  Pointis,  com- 
mander in  chief.  With  a  preface,  giving  an  account  of  the 
original  of  Carthagena  in  1532  to  the  present  time;  also  an 
account  of  the  climate  and  product  of  that  place  ,and  the 
country  adjacent.     The  second  edition.  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  86. 

First  printed  in  1699. 

11  The  dangerous  VOYAGE  of  Capt.  Thomas  James,  &c.     The 

second  edition,  revised  and  corrected.         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  142  and  map. 

First  printed  in  the  year  1633. 

12  Acts  of  assembly  passed  in  the  island  of  Nevis,  from  1664 

to  1739  inclusive.  London. 

Folio. 

13  Acts  of  assembly  passed  in  the  island  of  Montserrat ;  from 

1668  to  1740  inclusive.  ....         London. 

Folio. 

14  A  collection  of  charters  of  Pennsylvania.  .         London. 

Folio. 

In  the  British  Museum. 


62  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1740.   15  CoNTiNENTE  Americano,  Argonauta  de  las  costas  de  Nueva 
Espana,  y  Tierra  Firme,  Islas  y  Baxos  de  esta   navigacion, 
longitud  y  altura  de  Polo  de  sus  Puertos  y  noticias  de  estas 
habitaciones.  ......         (Cadiz?) 

8vo. 
The  author  says,  in  his  Introduction,  that  he  entered  the  Royal  service  at 
the  age  of  14,  and  served  by  land  and  sea  from  1693  to  1725,  during 
which   period  he  collected,  principally  from  personal  observation,  the 
information  contained  in  this  work. 

16  Restablecimiento  de  las  Fabricas  y  comercio  Espanol  : 
errores  que  se  padecen  en  las  cau sales  de  su  cadencia,  quales 
son  los  legitimos  obstaculos  que  le  destruyen,  y  los  medios 
eiicacesde  que  florezca.  Parte  Primera:  Que  trata  que  sea 
comercio,  quales  sus  partes  y  diferencias :  qual  el  que  goza 
Espana  y  el  que  necesita  mantener  con  las  naciones  para  el 
restablecimiento  de  las  Fabricas  y  Trafico  terrestre:  con  un 
extracto  del  Libro  de  D.Geronimo  Uztariz,  theorica  y  practica 
de  comercio  y  Marina.  Segunda  Parte :  Que  trata  del  Comer- 
cio y  Trafico  maritimo,  que  tiene  Espana  con  las  naciones  y 
en  la  America :  causales  de  su  decadencia,  y  medios  con  que 
se  debe  aumentar  y  estender  para  beneficio  destos  Reynos  y 
aumento  de  las  fuerzas  maritimas  de  ellos  y  su  poblacion. 
Su  autor  Don  Bernardo  de  Ulloa.      .         .         .         Madrid. 

Small  8vo. 
This  work  contains  some  particulars  relating  to  the  commerce  between 
Spain  and  America,  and  is  included  in  the  list  given  by  Robertson,  at 
the  end  of  his  History  of  America. 

17  Aviso  historico,  politico,  geographico,  con  las  noticias  mas 
particulares  del  Peru,  Tierra-firme,  Chile,  y  nuevo  reyno  de 
Granada,  en  la  relacion  de  los  sucessos  de  205  aiios,  por  la 
chronologia  de  los  adelantados,  etc.  desde  el  aiio  1535,  hasta 
el  de  1740.  Y  razon  de  todo  lo  obrado  por  los  Ingleses  en 
aquellos  reynos  por  las  costas  de  los  dos  mares  del  norte  y 
del  sur,  desde  el  aiio  de  1567,  hasta  el  de  1739.  Por  D. 
Dionisio  de  Alcedo  y  Herrera.  .         .         .         Madrid. 

Small  4to. 

18  Informe  que  hace  a  S.  M.  el  padre  Joseph  Gumilla,  sobre 
impedir  ^  los  Indios  Caribes  y  a  los  Olandeses  las  hostilida- 
des,  que  experimentan  las  colonias  del  gran  Rio  Orinoco,  y 
los  medios  mas  oportunos  para  este  fin.  .         (Madrid?) 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  63 

Folio,  pp.  16,  with  a  map  of  part  of  the  Orinoco.  1740. 

Very  rare,  apparently  not  printed  for  sale.  >^-w 

MDCCXLI. 

1  A  COLLECTION  of  voyages  and  travels,  in  three  parts.     Part  i. 

The  dangerous  voyage  of  Captain  James,  &c.     ii.  The  Sieur 

de  Pointi's  voyage  to  America,  (fee.     iii.  A  description  of 

Carolana,  &c.     By  Daniel  Coxe,  esq.        .         .         London. 

8vo. 

This  volume  contains  No.  10  and  11   of  1740,  and  the  following  work, 

bound  up  together,  with  a  general  title. 

2  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROVINCE   OF  Carolana,  by  the  Spa- 

niards called  Florida,  and  by  the  French  La  Louisiane,  viz. 
I.  A  description  of  the  great  and  famous  river  Merchacebe  or 
Missisipi.  ii.  A  description  of  the  countries,  people,  rivers, 
bays,  harbours,  and  islands,  to  the  east  of  the  Merchacebe. 
III.  A  description  of  the  sea  coast,  the  large  rivers,  their 
heads  and  courses  to  the  west  of  Merchacebe.  iv.  A  de- 
scription of  the  five  great  seas  or  lakes  of  fresh  water,  v.  A 
new  and  curious  discovery  of  an  easy  communication  between 
the  river  Merchacebe  and  the  South  Sea,  which  separates 
America  from  China  by  means  of  several  large  rivers  and 
lakes ;  with  a  description  of  the  said  sea  to  the  streights  of 
Uries  ;  as  also  of  a  rich  and  considerable  trade  to  be  car- 
ried on  from  thence  to  Japan,  China,  and  Tartary.  vi.  An 
account  of  the  useful  animals,  vegetables,  metals,  minerals, 
and  other  rich  commodities,  which  this  province  naturally 
produces,  vii.  An  appendix,  containing  the  original  char- 
ter, &c.  With  a  large  and  curious  preface,  demonstrating 
the  right  of  the  English  to  that  country,  and  the  unjust  man- 
ner of  the  French  usurping  of  it,  their  prodigious  increase 
there,  &c.,  and  the  inevitable  danger  our  other  colonies  on 
the  continent  will  be  exposed  to,  if  not  timely  prevented ; 
interspersed  with  many  useful  hints  in  regard  to  our  planta- 
tions in  general.  To  which  is  added,  a  large  and  accurate 
map  of  Carolana,  and  of  the  river  Merchacebe.  By  Daniel 
Coxe,  esq.       .......         London. 

8vo. 

The  edition  of  1722,  with  a  new  title-page. 


W  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1741.   3  The  British  empire  in  America,  containing  the  history  of  the 
""^  discovery,  settlement,  progress,  and  state  of  the  British  co- 

lonies on  the  continent  and  islands  of  America.  Second 
edition,  corrected  and  amended.  With  a  continuation  of  the 
history,  and  the  variation  in  the  state  and  trade  of  those 
colonies,  from  the  year  1710  to  the  present  time.  Including 
occasional  remarks,  and  the  most  feasible  and  useful  methods 
for  their  improvement  and  security.  .         .         London. 

8vo.  2  vols.  maps. 
First  printed  in  1708.    The  first  volume  describes  the  British  possessions 
on  the  continent  of  North  America,  and  the  second  those  in  the  West 
Indies. 

4  A  TRUE  AND  HISTORICAL  NARRATIVE  of  the  colony  of  Georgia 

in  America,  from  the  first  settlement  thereof  until  this  pre- 
sent period :  containing  the  most  authentick  facts,  matters, 
and  transactions  therein ;  together  with  his  Majesty's  charter, 
representations  of  the  people,  letters,  &c.,  and  a  dedication 
to  H.  E.  General  Oglethorpe.  By  Pat.  Tailfer,  M.D.,  Hugh 
Anderson,  M.A.,  Da.  Douglas,  and  others,  landholders  in 
Georgia,  at  present  in  Charles-town,  in  South  Carolina. 
8vo.  pp.  118.  Charles-town,  S.C. 

This  pamphlet  was  reprinted  in  London,  without  a  date,  but  probably  in 
the  same  year.  It  places  the  conduct  of  General  Oglethorpe  in  a  very 
different  light  from  that  in  which  it  has  generally  been  represented.  An 
old  MS.  note  at  the  beginning  of  the  book  says  that  it  shews  him  in  his 
true  colours. 

5  An  IMPARTIAL  INQUIRY  into  the  state  and  utility  of  the  province 

of  Georgia.       .  .....         London. 

8vo.   pp.  104. 
A  very  well-written  tract,  defending  Georgia  from  the  many  reports  which 
had  been  industriously  propagated  to  the  disadvantage  of  that  colony. 

6  An  ACCOUNT  shewing  the  progress  of  the  colony  of  Georgia,  in 

America,  from  its  first  establishment.         .         .         London. 
Folio,  pp.  71. 

This  account  was  published  by  the  trustees. 

7  The  currencies  of  the  British  plantations  in  America. 
8vo.  London. 

8  An  ACCOUNT  of  money  received  and  disbursed  for  the  Orphan- 

house  in  Georgia.     By  George  Whitefield,  A.B.  late  of  Pem- 


Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova.  65 

broke  College,  Oxford.     To  which  is  prefixed,  a  plan  of  the    1741. 
building.  .......          London. 

8vo.  pp.  46. 

9  The   newsman's  interpreter,    or   a  description    of  several 

Spanish  territories  in  America,  &c.     The  second  edition. 
12mo.  Manchester. 

10  *A  GEOGRAPHICAL  and  historical  description  of  the  principal 

objects  of  the  war  in  the  Spanish  West  Indies.  London. 

8vo. 

Cat.  British  Museum. 

11  The  American  traveller;  being  a  new  historical  collection, 

carefully  compiled  from  original  memoirs  in  several  languages, 
and  the  most  authentic  voyages  and  travels,  containing  a 
compleate  account  of  that  part  of  the  world  now  called  the 
West  Indies,  from  its  discovery  by  Columbus  to  the  present 
time,  &c.         .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  391. 
This  work  was  puhlished  in  numbers,  and  appears  to  be  the  commencement 
of  an  extensive  work,  but  of  which  no  more  than  this  volume  appeared. 
It  commences  with  a  long  introduction  on  the  rise,  progress,  and  improve- 
ment of  navigation,  which  is  followed  by  book  i.,  divided  into  two  chap- 
ters ;  one  on  the  peopling  of  America,  and  the  other,  which  concludes  the 
book,  containing  an  account  of  the  voyages  of  Columbus. 

12  Some  memoirs  of  the  first  settlement  of  the  island  of  Barba- 

dos, and  other  Carribbee  islands,  with  the  succession  of  the 
governours  and  commanders-in-chief  of  Barbados,  to  the 
year  1741.  Extracted  from  ancient  records,  papers,  and  ac- 
counts, taken  from  Mr.  William  Arnold,  Mr.  Samuel  Bulkly, 
and  Mr.  John  Summers,  some  of  the  first  settlers,  the  last  of 
whom  was  alive  in  1688,  aged  82.  Also  some  remarks  on 
the  laws  and  constitution  of  Barbados.  .         Barbados. 

8vo.  pp.  103. 

13  Caribbeana.     Containing  letters  and  dissertations,  together 

with  poetical  essays,  on  various  subjects  and  occasions,  chiefly 
wrote  by  several  hands  in  the  West  Indies,  and  some  of  them 
to  gentlemen  residing  there.  Now  collected  in  two  volumes. 
Wherein  are  also  comprised  divers  papers  relating  to  trade, 
government,  and  laws  in  general;  but  more  especially  to  those 
of  the  British  sugar-colonies,   and  of  Barbados  in  particular: 


66  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1741.  as  likewise  the  characters  of  the  most  eminent  men  that  have 

died,  of  late  years,  in  that  island.     To  which  are  added,  in 
an  appendix,  some  pieces  never  before  published.        London. 
Quarto,  2  vols. 

14  A  CONCISE  HISTORY  of  the  Spanish  America ;  containing  a 
succinct  relation  of  the  discovery  and  settlement  of  its  several 
colonies  :  a  circumstantial  detail  of  their  respective  situation, 
extent,  commodities,  trade,  &c.  And  a  full  and  clear  account 
of  the  commerce  with  Old  Spain  by  the  galleons,  flota,  &c. 
As  also  of  the  contraband  trade  with  the  English,  Dutch, 
French,  Danes,  and  Portuguese.  Together  with  an  appendix, 
in  which  is  comprehended  an  exact  description  of  Paraguay. 
Collected  chiefly  from  Spanish  writers.       .         .         London. 

8vo. 
Said  to  be  written  by  a  Dr.  Campbell.     Republished,  with  new  titles,  in 
1742  and  1747. 

15  A  LIST  OF  COPIES  OF  CHARTERS  from  the  commissioners  for 
trade  and  plantations,  presented  to  the  honourable  the  House 
of  Commons,  in  pursuance  of  their  address  to  H.  M.  of  the 
25th  of  April,  1740,  viz.  Maryland  charter,  granted  by  Charles 
I.  in  the  8th  year  of  his  reign  ;  Connecticut,  Charles  II., 
14th  of  his  reign ;  Rhode  Island,  Charles  II.,  15th  of  his 
reign  ;  Pennsylvania,  Charles  II  ,  33d  of  his  reign  ;  Massa- 
chusetts, William  and  Mary,  3d  of  their  reign  ;  Georgia 
charter,  granted  by  his  present  Majesty,  in  the  5th  of  his  reign. 

Folio.  London. 

16  EssAi  suR  l'histoire  naturelle  de  la  France  Equinoxiale, 
ou  le  denombrement  des  plantes,  des  animaux,  et  des  mine- 
raux  qui  se  trouvent  dans  I'ile  de  Cayenne  et  k  la  Guyane. 
Par  Pierre  Barr^re.  .....         Paris, 

12mo. 
Reprinted  in  1749.     "  In  this  little  work  the  author  gives  but  a  very  im- 
perfect idea  of  the  natural  treasures  of  those  countries :  the  plants  are 
arranged  alphabetically,  under  the  names  given  them  by  Plumier  and 
Toumefort."     Biog.  Univ. 

17  Rasgo  epico,  veridica  epiphomena^  y  aclamacion  cierta  k  favor 
de  Espana,  en  el  celebre  tropheo,  que  consiguieron  en  Car- 
thagena  Americana  las  armas  Catholicas  contra  Inglaterra, 
governadas  por  el  virrey  D.  Sebastian   Eslava.      Sisthema 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  67 

politico,  historica  descripcion  geographico-pronostica  de  In-    1741. 
glaterra  y  panegyris  critico-historico  de  Espana.      Su  autor    ''^^ 
D.  Joachin  Casses  de  Xalo,  &c.        .         .         .         Madrid. 
Small  8vo. 
Written  in  consequence  of  the  repulse  of  Admiral  Vernon  at  Carthagena. 
Its  author  was  celebrated  in  his  time  for  the  number  of  works  he  under- 
took witliout  finishing  any,  and  for  the  ridiculous  bombast  of  his  style. 

18  DiARio  DE  TODO  LO  occuRRiDO  en  la  expugnacion  de  los  Fu- 

ertes  de  Boca  chica  y  sitio  de  la  ciudad  de  Cartagena  de  las 
Indias;  formado  de  los  pliegos  remitidosa  S.  M.  por  el  Virey 
de  Santa  Fe,  D.  Sebastian  de  Eslava  con  D.  Pedro  de  Mur 
su  Ayudante  Gen'-  De  Orden  de  S.  M.  .  (Madrid.) 
Quarto,  pp.  24. 

19  CoMPENDio  HisTORico  dc  la  provincia,  Partidos,  Ciudades, 

Astilleros,  Rios  y  Puerto  de  Guayaquil  en  las  costas  dela  Mar 

del  sur.     Dedicado  al  Rey  N.  S.  en  su  Real  y  supremo  con- 

sejo  de  las  Indias.     Por  Don  Dionysio  de  Alsedo  y  Herrera, 

Presidcnte  que  fu^  de  la  Real  audiencia  de  Quito,  Governador 

y  Capitan  General  de  las  provincias  de  su  distrito. 

Quarto,  pp.  131.     Plan  of  Guayaquil.  Madrid. 

The  author  of  this  work  was  the  father  of  Alcedo,  the  author  of  Diccionario 

de   las  Indias  Occidentales,    published  in  1786,  Sue.  and  translated  by 

Thompson  in  1812. 

20  El  Orinoco  ilustrado,  historia,  natural,  civil  y  geographica, 

de  este  gran  Rio  y  de  sus  caudalosas  vertientes ;  govierno, 

usos  y  costumbres  de  los  Indios  sus  habitadores,  con  nuevas 

y  utiles  noticias  de  animates,  arboles,  frutos,  aceytes,  resinas, 

yervas  y  raices  medicinalcs  :  y  sobre  todo  se  hallaran  conver- 

siones  muy  singulares  a  nuestra  santa  fe  y  casos  de  mucha 

edificacion.   Escrita  por  el  P.  Joseph  Gumilla  de  la  compaiiia 

de  Jesus,  missioneroy  superior  de  las  missiones  del  Orinoco,  &c. 

Quarto,  pp.  580,  and  index.    Map.  Madrid. 

First  edition  :  reprinted  in  1745  and  1791.     In  French  in  1758.     At  the 

time  this  work  was  published,  the  good  father  was  supposed  to  have 

availed  himself  of  the  traveller's  privilege ;  but  later  discoveries  have 

proved  the  truth  of  his  assertions,  and  his  work  has  received  the  credit 

to  which  it  was  entitled.     Alcedo  MS. 

21  Historia  de  la  provincia  de  la  compaiiia  de  Jesus  del  nuevo 

Reyno  de  Granada  en  la  America,  descripcion  y  relacion  ex- 
acta  de  sus  gloriosas  missiones  en  el  Reyno,  Llanos,  Mcta  y 


68  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1741.  Rio  Orinoco;  Almas,  y  terreno  que  han  conquistado  sus  Mis- 

sioneros  para  Dios,  aumento  de  la  Christiandad,  y  extension 
de  los  dominios  de  S.  M.  C.  Su  author  el  Padre  Joseph 
Cassani,  religioso  de  la  misma  compania.  .         Madrid. 

Folio. 

MDCCXLII. 

1  A  COMPLETE  HISTORY  of  Spanish  America;  containing  a  distinct 
account  of  the  discovery,  settlement,  trade,  and  present  con- 
dition of  New  Mexico,  Florida,  New  Galicia,  Guatimula, 
Cuba,  Hispaniola,  Terra  Firma,  Quito,  Lima,  La  Plata,  Chili, 
Buenos  Ayres,  &c.  With  a  particular  detail  of  the  commerce 
with  Old  Spain  by  the  galeons,  flota,  &c.  As  also  of  the 
contraband  trade  with  the  English,  Dutch,  French,  Danes, 
and  Portuguese.  Together  with  an  appendix,  in  which  is 
comprehended  an  exact  description  of  Paraguay.  Collected 
chiefly  from  Spanish  writers.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 
The  "Concise  history"  of  1741,  (No.  14,)  with  a  new  title;  two  more 
new  titles  for  the  same  book  were  printed  in  1747. 

2  Remauks  on  several  acts  of  Parliament  relating  more  especially 
to  the  colonies  abroad  ;  as  also  on  diverse  acts  of  Assemblies 
there  :  together  with  a  comparison  of  the  practice  of  the 
courts  of  law  in  some  of  the  plantations  with  those  of  West- 
minster Hall ;  and  a  modest  apology  for  the  former,  so  far  as 
they  materially  differ  from  the  latter.  Wherein  is  likewise 
contain'd,  a  discourse  concerning  the  4|  per  cent,  duty  paid 
in  Barbados  and  the  Leeward  Islands.        .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  125. 
The  author  appears  to  have  been  Jonathan  Blumeau,  esq.  attorney-general 
of  Barbadoes. 

3  An  epistle  to  Dr.  Richard  Mead,  concerning  the  epidemical 
diseases  of  Virginia,  particularly  a  pleurisy  and  peripneu- 
mony  :  wherein  is  shewn  the  surprising  efficacy  of  the  seneca 
rattlesnake  root,  in  diseases  owing  to  a  viscidity  and  coagulation 
of  the  blood;  such  as  pleurisies  and  peripneumonies,  these 
being  epidemick  and  very  mortal  in  Virginia,  and  other 
colonies  on  the  continent  of  America,  and  also  the  Leeward 
Islands.  To  which  is  prefixt,  a  cut  of  that  most  valuable 
plant :  and  an  appendix  annexed,  demonstrating  the  highest 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  60 

probability  that  this  root  will  be  of  more  extensive  use  than   1742. 

any  medicine  in  the  whole  materia  medica,  and  of  curing  the    ***'*' 

gout,  rheumatism,  dropsy,  and  many  nervous  diseases.     By 

John  Tennent.  .....         Edinburgh. 

8vo.  pp.  102. 

First  printed,  according  to  Watts,  in  1738. 

4  A  LETTER  from  a  gentleman  in  Boston  to   Mr.  George  Wishart, 

one  of  the  ministers  of  Edinburgh,  concerning  the  state  of  re- 
ligion in  New-England.         ....         Edinburgh. 
8vo.  pp.  24. 

5  A  VINDICATION  and  confirmation  of  the  remarkable  work  of  God 

in  New- England.  Being  some  remarks  on  a  late  pamphlet 
entitled  The  State  of  Religion  in  New-England  since  the 
Rev.  Mr.  George  Whitejield's  arrival  there.  By  George 
Whitefield,  A.B.,  &c.  ....         Glasgow. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

6  The   state  of  religion  in  New-England  since  the  Rev.  Mr. 

George  "Whitefield's  arrival  there,  &c.       .         .         Glasgow. 
12mo. 

Library  of  Harvard  College. 

7  A  LETTER  FROM  New-England  concerning  the  state  of  religion 

there,  &c.  ......         Edinburgh. 

12mo. 

Signed  Andrew  Oliphant. 

8  An  impartial  account  of  the  expedition  against  St.  Augustin, 

under  the  command  of  General  Oglethorpe.        .         London. 
8vo.? 

9  A  state  of  the  province  of  Georgia,  attested  upon  oath  in 

the  court  of  Savannah,  November  10,  1740.        .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  32. 
This  tract  is  also  printed  at  the  end  of  the  second  volume  of  Stephen's 
journal. 

10  A  JOURNAL  of  the  proceedings  in  Georgia,  beginning  October 

20,  1737.     By  William  Stephens,  esq.     To  which  is  added, 

a  state  of  the  province,  as  attested  upon  oath  in  the  court  of 

Savannah,  November  10,  1740.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo.     2  vols. 

This  journal  comes  down  to  Oct.  4,  1740,  and  gives  a  minute  account  of 

every  thing  whioli  occurred  to,  or  came  to  the  knowledge  of,  the  author. 

Some  catalogues  mention  three  volumes,   but  I  have  not  had  the  good 

fortune  to  meet  with  the  third.      The  author  was  secretary  for  the  affairs 

of  the  trust  in  the  province. 


70  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1742.    1 1  *Report  of  the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Assembly  of  the 

"^"^  province  of  South  Carolina,  appointed  to  enquire  into  the 

causes  of  the  disappointment  of  success  in  the  late  expedition 

against  St.  Augustine,  under  General  Oglethorpe. 

Folio.  Charleston,  S.C. 

Col.  Aspinwall's  Catalogue. 

12  In  Chancery. — Breviate.     John  Penn,  Thomas  Penn,  and 

Richard  Penn,  esqs.;  plaintiff's.  Charles  Calvert,  esq. 
Lord  Baltimore  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  defendant.  For 
the  plaintiffs.  Upon  a  bill  to  compell  a  specifick  execution 
of  articles  of  agreement  entred  into  between  the  partys  for 
setling  the  boundaries  of  the  province  of  Pensylvania,  the 
three  lower  countys,  and  the  province  of  Maryland,  and  for 
perpetuating  testimony,  &c.  .         .         {Philadelphia  ?) 

Royal  folio,  pp.  116,  and  two  maps. 
This  work  being  printed  on  large  paper  with  a  small  type,  each  page  con- 
tains as  much  matter  as  twelve  common  octavo  pages.  It  contains  every 
thing  that  could  he  collected  from  records  and  books  relating  to  the  his- 
tory and  establishment  of  the  "three  lower  counties  on  Delaware,"  now  the 
state  of  Delaware,  and  was  probably  printed  only  for  the  use  of  the  parties 
immediately  concerned,  and  not  for  sale. 

13  Voyage  du  R.  P.  Emmanuel  Crespel  dans  le  Canada,  et  son 

naufrage  en  revenant  en  France  :    mis  au  jour  par  le  sieur 
Louis  Crespel,  son  pere.         ....         Francfort. 
Small  8vo.  pp.  158. 

Warden's  Catalogue.     Published  in  English  in  1797. 

14  NouvEAu  VOYAGE  Aux  IsLEs  DE  l'Amerique,  ctc.      Par  le 

R.   p.  Labat,  de  I'ordre  des  Freres  pr^cheurs.      Nouvelle 
edition  augmentee  considerablement,  et  enrichie  de  figures  en 
tailles  douces.  ......         Paris. 

12mo.  8  vols.     Plates. 

The  most  complete  edition.     The  first  was  printed  in  1722. 

15  Theorica  Y  PRACTiCA  DE  coMERCio  y  dc  Marina,  en  diferentes 

discursos  y  calificados  exemplares,  que  con  especificas  provi- 

dencias  se  procuran  adaptar  ^  la  Monarchia  Espaiiola,  para 

su  prompta  restauracion,  beneficio  universal  y  mayor  fortaleza 

contro  los  emulos  de  la  Real  corona,  &c.     Por  D  Geronymo 

de  Uztariz.    Segunda  impression,  corregida  y  enmendada. 

Folio.  Madrid. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1724.     It  has  been  translated  into  English, 

French,  and  Italian,  and  probably  into  other  languages,    llobertson  quotes 

it  among  the  books  examined  by  him  for  his  History  of  America. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  71 

MDCCXLIII.  1743. 

1  Some  thoughts  concerning  the  present  revival  of  religion  in 

New- England,  and  the  way  in  which  it  ought  to  be  acknow- 
ledged and  promoted,  humbly  offered  to  the  publick,  in  a 
treatise  on  that  subject,  in  five  parts.     Part  I.,  Shewing,  &c. 
By  Jonathan  Edwards,  A.M.,  pastor  of  the  church  of  Christ, 
at  Northampton.  .....         Edinburgh. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  221. 

First  printed  at  Boston  in  1742. 

2  Seasonable    thoughts    on   the   state   of    religion   in    New- 

England,  a  treatise,  in  five  parts.     I.  Faithfully  pointing  out 

the  things  of  a  bad  and  dangerous  tendency,  in  the  late  and 

present  religious  appearance,  in  the  land.     II.  Representing, 

&c.     With  a  preface,  giving  an  account  of  the  Antinomians, 

Familists,  and  Libertines,  who  infected  these  churches  above 

an  hundred  years  ago.     Very  needful  for  these  days ;  the  like 

spirit  and  errors  prevailing  now  as  did  then.     The  whole  being 

intended,  and  calculated,  to  serve  the  interest  of  Christ's 

kingdom.      By  Charles  Chauncy,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the  first 

church  of  Christ  in  Boston.        ....         Boston. 

8vo. 

This  work  is  principally  against  itinerant  preaching,  ''  which  had  its  rise 

(at  least  in  these  parts)  from  Mr.  Whitefield." 

3  *An  account  of  the  expedition  to  Carthagena,  with  explanatory 

notes.     ........  London. 

8vo.? 

Gent.'s  Mag.  I'r43. 

4  A  BRIEF  ACCOUNT  of  the  causes  that  have  retarded  the  progress 

of  the  colony  of  Georgia,  in  America  ;  attested  upon  oath. 
Being  a  proper  contrast  to  A  State  of  the  province  of  Georgia; 
attested  upon  oath.      And  some  misrepresentations  on  the 
same  subject.  ...  .         .         London. 

Svo.  pp.  24.    App.  pp.  101. 

5  The  report  of  the  Committee  of  Assembly  in  S.  Carolina  ap- 

pointed to  enquire  into  the  causes  of  the  disappointment  in 
the  expedition  against  St.  Augustine.         .         .         London. 

Svo. 

See  No.  11,  1142. 


72  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1743.  6  The  Spanish  hireling  detected.  Being  a  refutation  of  several 
calumnies,  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  An  impartial  account  of 
the  expedition  against  St.  Augustine.     By  G.  Cadogan. 

8vo.  ?  London. 

See  No.  8,  1742. 

7  A  FULL  REPLY  to  Lieut.  Cadogan's  Spanish  hireling  detected. 

8vo.  ?  London. 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1743. 

8  The  natural  history  of  North  Carolina.  With  an  account 
of  the  trade,  manners,  and  customs  of  the  Christian  and  In- 
dian inhabitants,  strange  beasts,  birds,  fishes,  snakes,  insects, 
trees,  and  plants,  &c.     By  John  Brickell,  M.D.  Dublin, 

8vo.  pp.  408. 

The  edition  of  1737  with  a  new  title-page. 

9  A  VOYAGE  to  the  South  Seas  in  the  years  1740-1.  Containing 
a  faithful  narrative  of  the  loss  of  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Wager 
on  a  desolate  island,  &c.  The  whole  compiled  by  persons 
concerned  in  the  facts  related,  viz.  John  Bulkeley  and  John 
Cunnnins,  late  gunner  and  carpenter  of  the  Wager. 

8vo.  London. 

The  Wager  was  one  of  the  ships  which  sailed  from  England,  under  Com- 
modore Anson,  on  a  voyage  round  the  world. 

10  A  VINDICATION  of  the  conduct  of  Capt.  Christopher  Middleton, 
in  a  late  voyage  on  board  H.M.'s  ship  the  Furnace,  for  dis- 
covering a  N.W.  passage  to  the  Western  American  Ocean. 
In  answer  to  certain  objections  and  aspersions  of  Arthur 
Dobbs,  esq. ;  with  an  appendix :  containing  the  captain's 
instructions ;  councils  held ;  reports  of  the  inferior  officers ; 
letters  between  Mr.  Dobbs,  Capt.  Middleton,  &c.  Affidavits 
and  other  vouchers  refer'd  to  in  the  captain's  answers,  &c. 
With  as  much  of  the  log-journal  as  relates  to  the  discovery. 
The  whole  as  lately  deliver'd  to  the  Lords  Commissioners  of 
the  Admiralty.  To  which  is  annexed,  an  account  of  the  ex- 
traordinary degrees  and  surprising  effects  of  cold  in  Hudson's 
Bay,  North  America,  read  before  the  Royal  Society.  By 
Christopher  Middleton,  late  commander  of  the  Furnace,  and 
F.R.S.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  206  and  48. 
The  objections  and  aspersions  of  Mr.  Dobbs,  which  gave  rise  to  this  con- 
troversy, were  made  in  writing  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.      See 
several  publications  on  the  same  subject  in  the  following  years. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  73 

11  NouvELLE  RELATION  de  la  France  Equinoxiale,  contenant  la   1743. 

description  des  cotes  de  la  Guiane ;  de  I'isle  de  Cayenne ;  le  "^"^ 
commerce  de  cette  colonic ;  les  divers  changemens  arrives 
dans  ce  pays ;  et  les  moeurs  et  costumes  des  difFerens  peuples 
sauvages  qui  I'habitent.  Avec  des  figures  dessinees  sur  les 
lieux.  Par  Pierre  Barrere,  M.D.,  &c.  .  .  Paris. 
12mo. 

12  HisTORiA  de  la  conquista  de  Mexico,  poblacion  y  progresos 

de  la  America  septentrional,   conocida  por  el  nombre  de  Nu- 
eva  Espaiia.      Segunda  Parte.     Escriviala  Don  Ignacio  de 
Salazar  y  Olarte.  .....  Cordova. 

Folio,  pp.  474. 
Reprinted  in  1786.  Salazar's  continuation  of  Solis  has  neither  the  beauty 
of  style  and  language  of  the  latter,  nor  any  redeeming  merit  as  a  histo- 
rical composition.  The  language  is  ridiculously  inflated  and  bombastic. 
The  editor  of  the  second  edition  acknowledges  the  inferiority  of  the  work, 
but  alleges  as  an  apology  for  reprinting  it  the  want  of  something  better 
to  complete  the  work  of  Solis. 

13  Flora  Virginica  exhibens  plantas  quas  V.  C.  Johannes  Clay- 

ton in  Virginia,  observavit  atque  collegit.  Easdem  methode 
sexuali  disposuit,  ad  genera  propria  retulit,  nominibus  spe- 
cificis  insignivit  &  minus  cognitas  descripsit  Job.  Fred.  Gro- 

novius.  • Lug.  Bat. 

8vo. 

Reprinted,  with  additions,  in  1762. 

MDCCXLIV. 

1  Remarks  upon  Capt.  Middleton's   defence:    wherein  his 

conduct,  during  his  late  voyage  for  discovering  a  passage  from 

Hudson's  Bay  to  the  South  Sea,  is  impartially  examined  ;  his 

neglects  and  omissions  in  that  affair  fully  proved ;  the  falsities 

and  evasions  in  his  defence  exposed  ;  the  errors  of  his  charts 

laid  open,  and  his  accounts  of  currents,  streights  and  rivers, 

confuted:  whereby  it  will  appear,  with  the  highest  probability, 

that  there  is  such  a  passage  as  he  went  in  search  of.     With 

an  appendix  of  original  papers,  and  a  map  of  the  in-land  and 

sea-coast  of  North  America  in  and  about  Hudson's  Bay.     By 

Arthur  Dobbs,  esq.  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  171.    Map. 

See  No.  10.    1743. 


74  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1744.  2  A  REPLY  TO  THE  REMARKS  of  Arthur  Dobbs,  esq.  on  Captain 
*"*'  Middleton's  vindication  of  his  conduct  on  board  H.  M.'s  ship 

the  Furnace,  when  sent  in  search  of  a  N.W.  passage,  by 
Hudson's  Bay  to  the  Western  American  Ocean.  Humbly 
inscribed  to  the  R.  H.  the  Lords  Commissioners  for  executing 
the  oflSce  of  Lord  High  Admiral  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
&c.  By  Christopher  Middleton,  esq.  .  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  292. 

3  An  account  of  the  countries  adjoining  to  Hudson's  Bay,  in 

the  North-west  part  of  America :  containing  a  description  of 
their  lakes  and  rivers,  the  nature  of  the  soil  and  climates, 
and  their  methods  of  commerce,  &c.  shewing  the  benefit  to 
be  made  by  settling  colonies,  and  opening  a  trade  in  these 
parts  ;  whereby  the  French  will  be  deprived  in  a  great  mea- 
sure of  their  traffick  in  furs,  and  the  communication  between 
Canada  and  Mississippi  be  cut  off.  With  an  abstract  of 
Captain  Middleton's  Journal,  and  observations  upon  his  be- 
haviour during  his  voyage,  and  since  his  return.  To  which 
are  added,  i.  A  letter  from  Bartholomew  de  Fonte,  Vice- Ad- 
miral of  Peru  and  Mexico ;  giving  an  account  of  his  voyage 
from  Lima  in  Peru,  to  prevent,  or  seize  upon  any  ships  that 
should  attempt  to  find  a  North  West  passage  to  the  South 
Sea.  II.  An  abstract  of  all  the  discoveries  which  have  been 
published  of  the  islands  and  countries  in  and  adjoining  to 
the  great  Western  Ocean,  between  America,  India,  and  China, 
&c.  pointing  out  the  advantages  that  may  be  made,  if  a  short 
passage  should  be  found  through  Hudson's  Streights  to  that 
ocean,  iii.  The  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  charter,  iv.  The 
standard  of  trade  in  those  parts  of  America ;  with  an  account 
of  the  exports  and  profits  made  annually  by  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  v.  Vocabularies  of  the  languages  of  several 
Indian  nations  adjoining  to  Hudson's  Bay.  The  whole  in- 
tended to  shew  the  great  probability  of  a  North-west  passage, 
so  long  desired ;  and  which  (if  discovered)  would  be  of  the 
highest  advantage  to  these  kingdoms.  By  Arthur  Dobbs,  esq. 
Quarto,  pp.  211.    Map.  London. 

4  A  JOURNAL  of  the  proceedings  in  the  detection  of  the  conspi- 

racy formed  by  some  white  people,  in  conjunction  with  negro 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  75 

and  other  slaves,  for  burning  the  city  of  New  York,  in  Ame-    1744. 
rica,  and  murdering  the  inhabitants,  &c.     By  the  Recorder    "^-^ 
of  the  city  of  New  York.     .         .         .         •         New  York. 
Quarto. 

Reprinted  in  London,  in  8to.  in  the  following  year. 

5  A  RELATION  or  joumal  of  a  late  expedition  to  the  gates  of  St. 

Augustine  on  Florida,  under  the  conduct  of  Gen.  Oglethorpe. 
8vo.  London. 

By  G.  L.  Campbell.     British  Museum  Catalogue. 

6  The  treaty  held  with  the  Indians  of  the  Six  Nations  at  Lan- 

caster, in  Pennsylvania,  in  June,  1744.  To  which  is  prefixed, 
an  account  of  the  first  confederacy  of  the  six  nations,  their 
present  tributaries,  dependents  and  allies,  and  of  their  reli- 
gion and  form  of  government.  .  .  Williamsburg h. 
8vo.  pp.  80. 

Appears  to  have  been  reprinted  in  London  in  the  following  year. 

7  A  VOYAGE  TO  Georgia.     Begun  in  the  year  1735.    Containing 

an  account  of  the  settling  the  town  of  Frederica,   in  the 
southern  part  of  the  province ;  and  a  description  of  the  soil, 
air,  birds,  beasts,  trees,  rivers,  islands,  &c.     With  the  rules 
and  orders    made  by  the  honourable  the  trustees  for  that 
settlement ;  including  the  allowances  of  provisions,  clothing, 
and  other  necessaries  to  the  families  and  servants  which  went 
thither.     Also,  a  description  of  the  town  and  county  of  Sa- 
vannah, in  the   northern  part  of  the  province ;  the  manner 
of  dividing  and  granting  the  lands,  and  the  improvement 
there;  with  an  account  of  the  air,  soil,  rivers,  and  islands  in 
that  part.      By  Francis  Moore,   author  of  travels  into  the 
inland  parts  of  Africa.       .....         London. 

Bvo.  pp.  108. 

8  The  present  state  of  the  country  and  inhabitants,  Europeans 

and  Indians,  of  Louisiana,  on  the  north  continent  of  America. 
By  an  officer  at  New  Orleans  to  his  friend  at  Paris.  Con- 
taining the  garrisons,  forts,  and  forces,  price  of  all  manner  of 
provisions  and  liquors,  &c.  Also  an  account  of  their  drunken 
lewd  lives,  which  lead  them  to  excesses  of  debauchery  and 
villany.  To  which  are  added,  letters  from  the  governor  of 
that  province  on  the  trade  of  the  French  and  English  with  the 


76  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1744.  natives,  &c.  Translated  from  the  French  originals,  taken  in  the 

Golden  Lyon  prize,  &c.  ....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  55. 
This  is  ratber  a  meagre  account  of  Louisiana.    The  letters  referred  to  were 
written  hj  Vaudreuil,  governor  of  New  Orleans,  in  the  same  year  the 
book  was  printed. 

9  A  JOURNAL  of  the  expedition  to  Carthagena,  with  notes.  In 
answer  to  a  late  pamphlet  entitled  an  account  of  the  expe- 
dition to  Carthagena London. 

8vo.  pp.  60. 

Written  on  the  side  of  the  "  gentlemen  of  the  army." 

10  Authentic  papers  relating  to  the  expedition  against  Cartha- 
gena. Containing  original  letters  between  the  admiral  and 
the  general,  their  councils  of  war,  &c.  Also,  letters  between 
the  Vice-King  of  Santa  Fe,  governor  of  Carthagena,  and  the 
admiral.  The  second  edition  ;  to  which  is  prefixed  a  preface 
and  contents.  ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  100,  and  large  folding  plate. 

1 1  *Original  papers  relating  to  the  expedition  to  Carthagena. 
8vo.  London. 

12.  A  JOURNAL  of  the  expedition  to  La  Guira  and  Porto  Cavallos, 

in   the  West   Indies,   under  the   command   of  Commodore 

Knowles.     In  a  letter  from  an  officer  on  board  the  Burford 

to  his  friend  in  London.  ....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  63. 

13  Original  papers  relating  to  the  expedition  to  Panama. 
Magna  est  Veritas  et  prcevalebit.       .         .          .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  224. 

14  Original  papers  relating  to  the  expedition  to  the  island  of 
Cuba.     Magna  est  Veritas  et  prcevalebit.  .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  220. 

15  A  letter  to  Admiral  Vernon  from  John  Cathcart,  concerning 
some  gross  misrepresentations  in  a  pamphlet  lately  published, 
and  entitled  Original  papers  relating  to  the  expedition  to  the 
Island  of  Cuba.        ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  55. 

16  An  abridgement  of  the  life  of  the  late  reverend  and  learned 
Dr.  Cotton  Mather,  of  Boston,  in  New  England.  Taken  from 
the  account  of  him  published  by  his  son,  the  Rev.   Samuel 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  77 

Mather.     Proposed  as  a  pattern  to  all  christians  who  desire   1744. 
to  excel  in  holiness  and  usefulness,  and  especially  to  the     "^'^ 
younger  ministers.     By  David  Jennings.     Recommended  by 

I.  Watts,  D.D London, 

12mo. 

17  A  coLLECTiOK  of  voyagcs  and  travels,  some  now  first  printed 

from  original  manuscripts,  others  now  first  published  in  Eng- 
lish. In  six  volumes.  To  which  is  prefixed,  an  introductory 
discourse  (supposed  to  be  written  by  the  celebrated  Mr.  Locke) 
entitled  The  whole  history  of  navigation,  from  its  original 
to  this  time.  Illustrated  with  near  three  hundred  maps  and 
cuts,  curiously  engraved  on  copper.  The  third  edition. 
Folio,  6  vols.  London. 

This  edition  has  a  copious  index  added  to  it,  and  there  is  some  little  differ- 
ence in  the  arrangement  of  the  articles.  The  account  of  books  of  voyages 
and  travels  is  also  brought  down  to  the  present  jear.     See  1732. 

18  GuATEMALENSis  ECCLESi*  monumeuta  ;  collegit,  digessit,  con- 

cinnavit,  atque  in  lucem  edidit  Fr.  Raimundus  Leal  Ordinis 
Prsedicatorum.  ......         Madrid. 

Quarto. 

19  HisTOiRE  et  description  generale  de  la  Nouvelle  France,  avec  le 

journal  historique  d'un  voyage  fait  par  ordre  du  Roi  dans 
I'Amerique  Septentrionale.     Par  le  P.  de  Charlevoix,  de  la 
Compagnie  de  Jesus.  .....  Paris. 

Quarto,  3  vols,  maps  and  plates. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  important  works  there  is  relating  to  Canada.  It 
contains  not  only  what  the  author  saw  himself,  but  he  has  collected  from 
the  best  authorities,  and  with  great  judgment,  every  thing  important 
relating  to  the  history  of  the  country.  Some  allowance  is  to  be  made  for  his 
prejudices  in  favor  of  his  own  order  and  religion  :  "  in  all  other  respects 
he  was  admirably  qualified  to  discharge  the  task  assigned  to  him.  Patient 
in  investigation,  cautious  in  his  belief,  and  judicious  in  his  observations, 
bis  narrative  and  history  contain  more  sound  views  on  the  general  subject 
of  the  Indians,  than  the  works  of  all  the  writers  who  preceded  or  who 
have  followed  him."  N.A.R.  xiii.  p.  58.  The  work  commences  with 
a  chronological  account  of  voyages  and  discoveries  ;  followed  by  a  cata- 
logue of  authors,  with  a  short,  but,  in  general,  a  very  able  criticism  on 
tlieir  works.  The  History  of  Canada,  Louisiana,  &cc.  follows,  and  occupies 
the  greater  part  of  two  volumes.  At  the  end  of  the  second  is  a  descrip- 
tion of  American  plants,  with  plates.  The  third  volume  is  devoted  to  an 
accotint  of  Father  Charlevoix's  own  voyages  and  travels  in  America.  An 
edition  in  six  volumes,  ISmo.  was  printed  in  tlie  same  year;  an  English 
translation  of  part  of  the  work  in  1701. 


78  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1745.   20  AusFUHRLiCHE    NACHRiCHT   von   den   Saltzburgischen  emi- 
granten,  &c.     Herausgegeben  von  Samuel  Urlsperger,  &c. 
Quarto,  pp.  242.  Halle. 

This  appears  to  be  the  same  work  as  No.  8  of  1735.  It  is  ornamented  with 
a  very  fine  engraving  of  Tomo  Chachi  and  his  son,  who  were  brought  to 
England  by  Governor  Oglethorpe. 

MDCCXLV. 

1  Forgery  detected,  shewing  how  groundless  are  all  the  calum- 
nies in  Dobbs's  pamphlet.     By  Captain  Middleton.     London. 

8vo. 

2  A  REPLY  to  Capt.  Middlcton's  answer  to  the  remarks  on  his 
vindication  of  his  conduct,  in  a  late  voyage  made  by  him  in 
the  Furnace  sloop,  by  orders  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of 
the  Admiralty,  to  find  out  a  passage  from  the  N.  W.  of  Hud- 
son's Bay  to  the  Western  and  Southern  Ocean  of  America. 
Shewing  the  art  and  evasions  he  makes  use  of  to  conceal  his 
misconduct  and  neglect  in  prosecuting  that  discovery  :  as  also 
the  false  currents,  tides,  straits,  and  rivers  he  has  laid  down 
in  his  chart  and  journal  to  conceal  the  discovery ;  with 
remarks  upon  some  extraordinary  affidavits  he  has  published 
in  his  favour.  To  which  is  added,  a  full  answer  to  a  late 
pamphlet,  published  by  Capt.  Middleton,  called  Forgery  de- 
tected.    By  Arthur  Dobbs,  esq.        .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  128. 

3  *A  REPLY  to  Mr.  Dobbs's  answer,  by  Capt.  Middleton.  London. 
Svo. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

4  *A   REJOINDER  to  Mr.  Dobbs's   reply,  by  Capt.  Middleton. 
Svo.  London. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  A  DESCRIPTION  of  the  coast,  tides,  and  currents  in  Button's 
bay,  and  in  the  Welcome  :  being  the  N.  W.  coast  of  Hudson's 
bay,  from  Churchill  river,  in  58°  56'  north  latitude,  to  Wager 
river  or  strait,  in  65"  24',  taken  from  Scrog's,  Crow's,  Napier's, 
and  Smith's  journals,  made  in  the  years  1722,  1737,  1740, 
1742,  1743,  and  1744.  Also,  from  the  discoveries  made  in 
1742,  in  the  voyage  in  the  Furnace  bomb  and  Discovery 
Pink,  commanded  by  Captain  Middleton  and  Captain  Moor; 
shewing  from  these  journals  a  probability  that  there  is  a  passage 
from  thence  to  the  Western  Ocean  of  America.  London. 

Svo.  pp. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  79 

6  A  JOURNAL  of  the  late  siege  by  the  troops  from  North  America,    1745, 

against  the  French  at  Cape  Breton,  the  city  of  Louisbourg, 
and  the  territories  thereunto  belonging.     Surrendered  to  the 
English  on  the  17th  of  June,  1745,  after  a  siege  of  forty-eight 
days.     By  James  Gibson,  gentleman  volunteer  at  the  above 
siege.       ........         London. 

8vo.  pp.  49  ;  plate. 

7  The  importance  of  Cape  Breton  to  the  British  nation,  con- 

taining the  plan   on  which  it  was  taken.     By  Robert  Auch- 
muty,  judge  advocate  in  New  England.      .         .         London. 
8vo. 

8  *CoNsi DERATIONS  on  the  state  of  the  British  fishery  in  America. 
8vo.  ?  London, 

9  Marvet.lous  things  done  by  the  right  hand  and  holy  arm  of 

God  in  getting  him  the  victory.     A  sermon  preached  the  18th 
of  July,  1745.     Being  a  day  set  apart  for  solemn  thanksgiving 
to  Almighty  God  for  the  reduction  of  Cape  Breton  by  H.  M.'s 
New-England  forces,  &c.    By  Charles  Chauncy,  D.D.,  pastor 
of  a  church  in  Boston.     .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 
First  printed  in  Boston.     This  sermon  does  not  appear  to  have  been  so 
successful  as   the  following,  hy  the  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  on  the  same 
occasion. 

10  Extraordinary  events  the  doings  of  God,  and  marvellous 

in  pious  eyes.     Illustrated  in  a  sermon  at  the  south  church, 

in  Boston,  N.  E.,  on  the  general  thanksgiving,  Thursday,  July 

18,  1745.     Occasioned  by  taking  the  city  of  Louisbourg,  on 

the  isle  of  Cape  Breton,  by  New-England  soldiers,  assisted 

by  a  British  squadron.     By  Thomas  Prince,  M.A.,  and  one 

of  the  pastors  of  the  said  church.     .         .         Boston,  N.E. 

8vo. 

At  least  five  editions  of  this  sermon  were  printed  in  England. 

11  *The  African  trade,  the  great  pillar  and  support  of  the 

British  plantation  trade  in  America.  .         .         London. 

Quarto. 

British  Museum. 

12  A  NATURAL  HISTORY  of  Nevis,  and  the  rest  of  the  English 

Leeward  Charibee  islands  in  America.  With  many  other  ob- 
servations on  nature  and  art ;  particularly  an  introduction  to 
the  art  of  decyphcring.     In  eleven  letters,  from  the  Rev.  Mr. 


80  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1745.  Smith,   sometime  rector  of  St.  John's,  at  Nevis,  and  now 

rector  of  St.  Mary's,  in  Bedford,  &c.  .         Cambridge. 

8vo. 

13  A  TRUE  AND  IMPARTIAL  JOURNAL  of  a  voyagc  to  the  South 
Seas,  and  round  the  globe,  in  H.  M.'s  ship  the  Centurion, 
under  the  command  of  Commodore  George  Anson.  Wherein 
all  the  material  incidents  during  the  said  voyage,  from  its 
commencement  in  the  year  1740,  to  its  conclusion  in  1744, 
are  fully  and  faithfully  related,  having  been  committed  to 
paper  at  the  time  they  happened.  Together  with  some  his- 
torical accounts  of  Chili,  Peru,  Mexico,  and  the  empire  of 
China ;  exact  descriptions  of  such  places  of  note  as  were 
touched  at,  and  variety  of  occasional  remarks.  To  which  is 
added,  a  large  and  general  table  of  longitudes  and  latitudes, 
ascertained  from  accurate  observations,  or  (where  those  are 
wanting)  from  the  best  printed  books  and  mss.  taken  from 
the  Spaniards  in  this  expedition.  Also  the  variations  of  the 
compass  throughout  the  voyage,  and  the  soundings  and  depths 
of  water  along  the  different  coasts;  and  lastly,  several  curious 
observations  on  a  comet  seen  in  the  South  Seas,  on  the  coast 
of  Mexico.  By  Pascoe  Thomas,  teacher  of  mathematics  on 
board  the  Centurion.  .  ...         London. 

Bvo. 

14  A  NEW  GENERAL  COLLECTION  of  voyagcs  and  travels;  consist- 
ing of  the  most  esteemed  relations  which  have  been  hitherto 
published  in  any  language :  comprehending  every  thing  re- 
markable in  its  kind  in  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  and  America, 
with  respect  to  the  several  empires,  kingdoms,  and  provinces; 
their  situation,  extent,  bounds,  &c.  Also,  the  manners  and 
customs  of  the  several  inhabitants,  their  religion,  government, 
&c.  So  as  to  form  a  complete  system  of  modern  geography 
and  history,  exhibiting  the  present  state  of  all  nations:  illus- 
trated not  only  with  charts  of  the  several  divisions  of  the 
ocean,  and  maps  of  each  country,  entirely  new  composed  as 
well  as  new  engraved,  by  the  best  hands,  from  the  latest  sur- 
veys, discoveries,  and  astronomical  observations,  but  likewise 
with  variety  of  plans  and  prospects  of  coasts,  harbours,  and 
cities;  besides  cuts, representing  antiquities,  animals,  vegeta- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  81 

bles,  the  persons  and  habits  of  the  people,  and  other  curiosi-    1745. 
ties ;  selected  from  the  most  authentic  travellers,  foreign  as 
well  as  English.        .         .         .         .         .         .         London. 

Quarto,  4  vols.  226  maps  and  plates. 
This  collection,  generally  known  as  Astley's,  the  publisher,  was  intended  to 
have  been  much  more  extensive,  but  apparently  did  not  receive  sufficient 
patronage.  It  was  originally  published  in  weekly  numbers,  and  gave  rise 
to  the  collection  of  the  Abbe  Prevost,  the  first  seven  volumes  of  which 
are  a  translation  of  these  four.  They  relate  almost  entirely  to  Africa 
and  Asia. 

15  Relation  abr^g^e  d'un  voyage  fait  dans  I'interieur  de  I'Ame- 

rique  meridionale.  Depuis  la  cote  de  la  mer  du  sud  jusqu'aux 
cotes  du  Bresil  et  de  la  Guiane,  en  descendant  la  riviere  des 
Amazones.  Lue  k  I'assemblee  publique  de  I'academie  des 
sciences  le  28  Avril,  1745.  Par  M.  de  la  Condamine,  de  la 
mfeme  acadfemie.  Avec  une  carte  du  Maragnon  ou  de  la 
riviere  des  Amazones,  levee  par  lem^me.  .  .  Paris. 
8vo. 

16  ExTRACTO  DEI,  DiARio  de  observacioncs  hechas  en  el  viage  de 

Quito  al  Para,  por  el  Rio  de  las  Amazonas;  y  del  Para  k 
Cayana,  Surinam  y  Amsterdam.  Destinado  para  ser  leydo 
en  la  assemblea  publica  de  la  academia  Real  de  las  Ciencias 
de  Paris.  Por  M.  de  la  Condamine,  uno  de  los  tres  embiados 
de  la  misma  academia  k  la  Linea  Equinoccial  para  la  medida 
de  los  grados  terrestres.  Traducida  del  Frances  al  Castellano. 
8vo.  Amsterdam. 

M.  de  la  Condamine  was  detained  more  than  two  months  after  his  arrival  in 
Holland,  waiting  for  passports  to  enable  him  to  proceed  to  Paris.  In 
this  interval  he  employed  himself  in  translating  his  journal  into  Spanish, 
to  send  to  his  friends  in  America ;  for  which  purpose  he  caused  the  ne- 
cessary number  of  copies  to  be  printed,  and  no  more. 

17  El  Orinoco  ilustrado  y  dkfendido,  &c.      Por  el  Padre 

Joseph  Gumilla,  &c.     Segunda  impression,  revista  y  aumen- 
tada  por  su  mismo  autor  y  dividida  en  dos  partes.        Madrid. 
Quarto,  2  vols,  plates. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1741. 

18  Vita  e  lettere  di  Amerigo  Vespucci  gentiluomo  Fiorentino 

raccolte  e  illustrate  dall'  abate  Angelo  Maria  Bandini. 
Quarto,  pp.  76  and  128.  Firenze. 


82  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1745.  Bandini's  life  of  Vesputius  is  a  mere  panegyric  throughout.     He  does  not 

hesitate  to  call  bim  the  discoverer  of  America,  which  he  makes  him 
appear  to  have  been,  from  the  dates  he  gives  of  his  two  first  voyages. 
But  the  Spanish  writers  have  proved  that  these  dates  are  incorrect ;  and 
that  the  first  of  these  voyages,  if  made  at  all,  must  have  been  in  1499 
instead  of  1497.  But  ev«n  if  Bandini's  dates  were  correct,  all  that  could 
be  Bcdd  about  it  would  be,  that  Vesputius  had  followed  a  track  which 
Columbus  had  pointed  out. 

MDCCXLVI. 

1  A  LETTER  from  William  Shirley,  esq.  governor  of  Massachusett's 
Bay,  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Newcastle :  with  a  journal  of 
the  siege  of  Louisbourg,  and  other  operations  of  the  forces, 
during  the  expedition  against  the  French  settlements  on  Cape 
Breton ;  drawn  up  at  the  desire  of  the  Council  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  province  of  Massachusett's  Bay ;  ap- 
proved and  attested  by  Sir  William  Pepperell,  and  the  other 
principal  officers  who  commanded  in  the  said  expedition. 
Published  by  authority.  ....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

2  An  accurate  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  New- England 
land  forces,  during  the  late  expedition  against  the  French 
settlements  on  Cape  Breton,  to  the  time  of  the  surrender  of 
Louisbourg.  Containing  a  just  representation  of  the  trans- 
actions and  occurrences,  and  of  the  behaviour  of  the  said 
forces.  Dated  Louisbourg,  Oct.  20,  1745,  and  in  form  at- 
tested by  Lieut.  Gen.  Pepperell,  &c.  Exhibiting  a  more 
authentic,  correct,  and  perfect  account,  than  any  before 
made  publick.  With  a  computation  of  the  French  fishery  on 
the  banks  of  Newfoundland,  Acadia,  Cape  Breton,  &c.  All 
sent  over  by  Gen.  Pepperell  himself  to  his  friend,  Capt.  Henry 
Stafford,  at  Exmouth,  Devon.  Printed  from  the  original 
manuscripts,  at  the  desire  of  Capt.  Stafford,  as  well  in  justice 
to  the  general,  as  for  the  better  information  of  the  publick. 

Svo.  pp.  40.  Exon. 

See  1758. 

3  The  importance  and  advantage  of  Cape  Breton,  truly  stated 
and  impartially  considered.     With  proper  maps.     .    London. 

Svo.  pp.  156.     2  maps. 
Taken  principally  from  Charlevoix's  KouvelU  France ;  according  to  Allen  by 
BoUan. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  83 

*Importance  of  Cape  Breton  considered.      .         .         London.    1746. 
8vo. 

Entirely  different  from  the  foregoing. 

•Work  of  grace  among  the  Indians  of  New  Jersey  and  Penn- 
sylvania.    By  the  Rev.  David  Brainerd.         .     Philadelphia. 

Svo. 
Library  of  Harvard  College. — *'Mr.  Brainerd  published  his  journal,  or  an 
account  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  a  remarkable  work  of  grace  amongst  a 
number  of  Indians  in  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  with  some  general 
remarks,  1746.  This  work,  which  is  very  interesting,  and  which  displays 
the  piety  and  talents  of  the  author,  was  published  by  the  commissioners  of 
the  society  in  Scotland,  with  a  preface  by  them.''  Allen.  An  abridgment 
of  this  journal  was  printed  in  1748. 

Original  letters  to  an  honest  Sailor.  .         .         London. 

Svo  pp.  94. 
This  pamphlet  appears  to  have  been  published  by  Admiral  Vernon,  after  his 
name  was  ordered  to  be  struck  out  of  the  list  of  flag  officers,  for  having 
published  two  pamphlets  entitled,  A  specimen  of  naked  truth,  and  Some 
seasonable  advice  from  an  honest  Sailor.  It  relates  principally  to  the 
expeditions  against  the  Spanish  possessions  in  America. 

Lettre  X  Madame***  sur  I'emeute  populaire  excitee  en  la 
ville  de  Cuenca  au  Perou,  29  Aodt,  1739.  Centre  les  aca- 
demiciens  des  sciences,  envoyes  pour  la  mesure  de  la  terre. 

Svo.  pp.  108,  plate.  (Paris.) 

This  pamphlet  is  generally  found  with  Condamine's  account  of  his  voyage. 
No.  15,  1745. 

HisTOiRE  oiiNiRALE  DES  VOYAGES,  ou  nouvelle  collection  de 
toutes  les  relations  de  voyages  par  mer  et  par  terre,  qui  ont 
ete  publiees  jusqu'  k  present  dans  les  difFerentes  langues  de 
toutes  les  nations  connues :  contenant  ce  qu'il  y  a  de  plus 
remarquable,  de  plus  utile  et  de  mieux  avere  dans  les  pays  ou 
les  voyageurs  ont  penetres  touchant  leur  situation,  leur  eten- 
due,  leurs  limites,  leurs  divisions,  leur  climat,  leur  terroir,  &c. 
Avec  les  moeurs  et  les  usages  des  habitans,  leur  religion,  leur 
gouvernement,  leurs  arts  et  leurs  sciences,  leur  commerce  et 
leurs  manufactures  ;  pour  former  un  sisteme  complet  d'histoire 
et  de  geographic  moderne,  qui  representera  I'etat  actuel  de 
toutes  les  nations  :  enrichi  de  cartes  geographiques,  nouvelle- 
ment  composees  sur  les  observations  les  plus  autentiques,  de 
plane  et  de  perspectives;  de  figures  d'animaux,  de  vegetaux, 
habits,  antiquites,  &c.  Paris. 

4to.  20  volumes,  393  maps  and  plates. 


84  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1  74  6  The  first  seven  volumes  of  this  work  are  a  translation  of  the  four  volumes 

published  by  Astley,  (No.  14,1745.)  Volumes  VIII.  to  XV.  were  compiled 
bj  the  translator  of  the  preceding  volumes,  the  Abb^  Prevost.  The  six- 
teenth volume,  printed  in  1761 ,  is  a  general  index  to  the  work.  The  seven- 
teenth volume  is  a  supplement  containing  the  restitutions  and  additions 
of  the  edition  printed  in  Holland.  The  three  remaining  volumes  are  a 
continuation  of  the  work  by  MM.  Querlon  and  de  Leyre,  containing  the 
voyages  omitted  by  the  abb6,  or  which  had  been  published  after  his  death. 
Laharpe  says  that,  if  the  whole  of  the  work  bad  been  as  well  edited  as  the 
three  last  volumes,  his  abridgment  would  have  been  unnecessary.  The 
twentieth  volume  has  the  date  of  1802.  "This  quarto  edition  is  still 
esteemed  for  the  beauty  of  the  engravings,  by  able  artists,  after  the  designs 
of  Cochin,  and  on  account  of  the  maps  and  plans,  which  are  also  well  exe- 
cuted. Large  paper  copies  sell  for  double  and  triple  the  price  of  the 
common  paper."  Bibliotheque  det  Voyages.  Reprinted  at  the  Hague,  in 
twenty-five  volumes  in  quarto,  and  in  Paris  in  1749,  and  following  years, 
in  eighty  volumes,  12mo.,  but  these  editions  are  not  much  esteemed.  It 
was  translated  into  German,  and  printed  at  Leipsic  in  1747,  and  following 
years. 

9  Idea  de  una  historia  general  de  la  America  Septentrional. 
Fundada  sobre  material  copioso  de  figuras,  symbolos,  carac- 
teres  y  geroglificos,  cantares  y  manuscritos  de  autores  Indies, 
ultimamente  descubiertos.  Por  el  Cavallero  Lorenzo  Boturini 
Benaducci.  ......         Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  303. 
"  The  curious  and  learned  author  of  this  work  arrived  in  Mexico  in  1 736  ; 
and,  desirous  of  writing  the  history  of  that  kingdom,  he  made,  during  eight 
years  he  remained  there,  the  most  diligent  researches  into  its  antiquity ; 
acquired  a  considerable  mastery  of  the  Mexican  language,  entered  into 
friendship  with  the  Indians  to  obtain  their  ancient  pictures  from  them,  and 
procured  copies  of  many  valuable  manuscripts  which  were  in  the  libraries 
of  the  monasteries.  The  museum  which  he  formed  of  paintings  and  ancient 
manuscripts  was  the  most  numerous  and  select  ever  seen  in  that  kingdom 
excepting  that  of  the  celebrated  Siguenza;  but,  before  he  put  a  hand  to  the 
work,  the  jealousy  of  the  Spanish  government  stripped  him  of  all  his 
literary  estate,  and  sent  him  into  Spain,  where,  being  entirely  cleared  from 
every  suspicion  against  his  loyalty  and  honour,  but  without  recovering  his 
manuscripts,  he  published  this  sketch  of  the  great  history  he  was  medi- 
tating. It  contains  much  important  information  not  before  published, 
but  there  are  also  some  errors  in  it."     Clavigero. 

10  EscuDo  DE  ARMAS  DE  Mexico.  Celestial  proteccion  de  esta 
nobilissima  ciudad  de  la  Nueva  Espana  y  de  casi  todo  el  Nuevo 
mundo,  Maria  santissima  en  su  portentosa  imagen  del  Mexi- 
cano  Guadalupe,   milagrosamente   apparecida  en    el  Palacio 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  85 

Arzobispal  el  ano  de  1531.     Y  jurada  su  principal  patrona  el    1746. 
pasado  de  1737.     En  la  angustia  que  ocasiono  la  pestilencia,     ^-^ 
que  cebada  con  mayor  rigor  en  los  Indies,  mitigo  sus  ardores 
al  abrigo  de  tanta  sombra :    describiala  D.  Cayetano  de  Ca- 
brera, y  Quintero,  Presbytero  de  este  Arzobispado,  &c. 
Folio.  Mexico. 

1 1  Theatro  Americano  :    descripcion  general  de  los  reynos  y 

provincias  de  la  Nueva  Espaiia  y  sus  jurisdicciones  :  dedicala 

al  Rey  N.  S.  D.  Phelipe  quinto,  monarca  de  las  Espanas:  su 

author  D.  Joseph  Antonio  de  Villa  Senor  y  Sanchez,  etc. 

Folio,  2  vols.  Mexico. 

The  second  volume  was  printed  in  1748,  and,  according  to  Meusel,  a  third 

in  1774.     Until  Humboldt's  work  appeared,  this  was  the  most  important 

statistical  account  of  New  Spain  that  had  been  published.     Robertson 

made  great  use  of  it. 

12  ViDA  do  Apostolico  padre  Antonio  Vieyra  da  Companhia  de 

Jesus,  chamado  por  antonomasia  o  grande :  acclamado  no 
mundo  por  principe  dos  oradores  evangelicos,  pregador  incom- 
paravel  dos  Reys  de  Portugal,  varao  esclarecido  em  virtudes, 
e  letras  divinas,  e  humanas ;  Restaurador  das  Miss5es  do  Ma- 
ranhao  e  Para.     Pelo  P.  Andre  de   Barros  da  companhia  de 
Jesus.       ........         Lisboa. 

Folio. 
Father  Vieyra  was  most  zealous  in  converting  the  Indians  of  Brazil,  but 
was  much  persecuted  by  the  Portuguese  inhabitants  for  opposing  their 
making  slaves  of  them  as  fast  as  they  became  Christiaus,  wliich,  it  appears, 
they  had  previously  been  in  the  habit  of  doing  as  a  thing  of  course. 

13  Arte  de  navegar,  &c.     Por  Manoel  Pimentel.     Novamente 

emendado.        .......         Lisboa. 

Folio,  pp.  604. 

First  printed  iu  1699,  and  reprinted  in  171'2. 

14  Neueste    und    richtioste    NACiruicHT  von  der  landschaft 

Georgien;  mit  anmerkungen,  die  der  uebersetzer  bey  seinem 

vieljiihrigen  aufenthalt  in  America  angestellet  hat,  begleitet 

von  J.M.K.       .         .         .         .         .         .         Gocttingen. 

8vo. 

Aleusel,  iii.  394. 


86  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1747. 

MDCCXLVII. 

1  The  history  of  the  first  discovery  and  settlement  of  Vir- 

ginia, being  an  essay  towards  a  general  history  of  this  colony. 
By  William  Stith,  A.  M.  rector  of  Henrico  parish,  and  one  of 
the  governors  of  William  and  Mary  College.       Williamsburg. 
8vo.  pp.  331,  appendix,  pp.  34. 
Reprinted  in  London  in  1753.    This  is  but  a  small  part  of  the  author's 
intended  work,  coming  down  to  the  year  1624  onlj.     "An  appendix 
contains  a  collection  of  charters,  relating  to  the  period  comprised  in  the 
Tolume.      Besides  the  copioas  materials  of  Smith,  the  author  derived 
assistance  from  the  manuscripts  of  his  uncle,  Sir  John  Randolph,  and 
from  the  records  of  the  London  company,  put  into  his  hands  bj  Colonel 
William  Byrd,  president  of  the  council,  and  from  the  valuable  library  of 
this  gentleman.     Mr.  Stith  was  a  man  of  classical  learning,  and  a  faithful 
historian ;  but  he  was  destitute  of  taste  in  style,  and  his  details  are  ex- 
ceedingly minute."  Allen. 

2  The    history  of    the    five   Indian  nations   of    Canada 

which  are  dependent  on  the  province  of  New  York  in  America, 

and  are  the  barrier  between  the  English  and  French  in  that 

part  of  the  world.     With  accounts  of  their  religion  (&c.  &c. 

&c.)     By  the  Hon.  Cadwallader  Colderiy  esq.  one  of  H.  M.'s 

council,  and  surveyor- general  of  New  York.     To  which  are 

added,  accounts  of  the  several  other  nations  of  Indians  in  North 

America  (&c.  &c.  &c.)     .....         London. 

8vo.  p.  20,  204,  and  283. 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition,  called  the  ueond,  with  the  date  of  1750,  but 

have  merely  a  new  title-page.    The  first  part  was  printed  at  New  York  in 

1727.     In  the  reprint,  the  dedication,  which  was  originally  to  Governor 

Burnet,  is  transferred  by  the  London  publisher  to  General  Oglethorpe. 

Mr.  Golden  complained  of  this,  as  well  as  of  some  additions  which  were 

made  to  the  London,  edition  without  his  knowledge  or  consent.     An 

edition  in  two  volumes  12mo.  was  printed  in  1755. 

3  A  JOURNAL  OF  the  PROCEEDINGS  in  the  detection  of  the  con- 

spiracy formed  by  some  white  people  in  conjunction  with 
negro  and  other  slaves  for  burning  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
murdering  the  inhabitants,  in  1741 — 42.     With  an  appendix. 

8vo.  London. 

First  printed  at  New  York  in  1744. 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  87 

4  *FuRTHER  OBSERVATIONS  intended  for  improving  the  culture   1747. 

and  curing  of  indigo,  &c.  in  South  Carolina.  London. 

8vo. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  The  history  of  New  England.     By  D.  Neal,  M.A.     Second 

edition,  enlarged  by  the  author.         .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

See  1720. 

6  Memoirs  of  the  life  and  travels  of  James  Houstoun,  M.D. 

(formerly  physician  and  surgeon-general  to  the  Royal  African 
Company's  settlements  in  Africa,  and  late  surgeon  to  the 
Royal  Assiento  Company's  factories  in  America),  from  the 
year  1690  to  this  present  year  1747.  Containing  a  great 
variety  of  curious  observations  that  occurred  during  the  course 
of  above  thirty  years'  travels  in  divers  foreign  parts.  Collected 
and  written  by  his  own  hand.  .         .         .  London. 

8vo. 

7  The  Spanish  empire  in  America,  containing  a  succinct  relation 

of  the  discovery  and  settlement  of  its  several  colonies ; "  a  view 

of  their  respective  situations,  extent,  commodities,  trade,  &c. 

And  a  full  and  clear  account  of  the  commerce  with  old  Spain 

by  the  galleons,  flota,  &c.     Also  of  the  contraband  trade  with 

the  English,  Dutch,  French,  Danes,  and  Portuguese.     With 

an  exact  description  of  Paraguay.     By  an  English  merchant. 

8vo.  London. 

The  same  book  as  No.  14  of  1741,  with  a  new  title. 

8  The  sequel  to  Bulkely's  and  Cummin's  voyage  to  the  South 

Sea.     By  A.  Campbell.  .         •         .         .  London. 

8vo. 

See  1T43. 

9  A  succinct  abridgement  of  a  voyage  made  within  the  inland 

parts  of  South  America ;  from  the  coasts  of  the  South  Sea  to 
the  coasts  of  Brazil  and  Guiana,  down  the  river  of  Amazons  : 
as  it  was  read  in  the  public  assembly  of  the  academy  of 
sciences  at  Paris,  April  28,  1745.  By  Mons'-  de  la  Conda- 
mine,  of  that  academy.  To  which  is  annexed,  a  map  of  the 
Maranon  or  river  of  Amazons,  drawn  by  the  same.  London. 
8vo. 

A  translation  of  No.  15,  174.'>. 


88  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1747.    10  *The  sequel  to  Bulkely  and   Cummins's  voyage  to   the 
South  Seas.     By  Alexander  Campbell.       .         .         London. 
8vo. 

11  Carta  del  P.  Pedro  Lozano,  de  la  Compania  de  Jesus,  de 
la  provincia  del  Paraguay,  escrita  al  P.  Bruno  Morales,  de  la 
misma  compania,  y  provincia  existente  en  esta  corte  de  Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  56.  {Madrid.) 

This  letter  is  dated  Nov.  1,  1746j  at  Cordova,  in  the  province  of  Tucuman, 
and  contains  an  account  of  the  state  of  the  missions  of  the  Jesuits  in 
Paraguay,  at  that  time.  It  has  no  title-page,  and  was  evidently  printed 
for  private  distribution  only.  The  same  author  published  Descripcion  del 
Gran  Chaco,  in  1733,  and  a  history  of  his  order  in  1754. 

12  Individual  y  verdadera  relacion  de  la  extrema  ruina  que 
padecio  la  ciudad  de  los  Reyes  Lima,  capital  del  reyno  del 
Peru,  con  el  horrible  temblor  de  tierra,  acaecido  en  ella  la 
noche  del  28  de  Oct"-  1746,  y  de  la  total  asolacion  del  pre- 
sidio y  puerto  del  Callao,  por  la  violenta  irrupcion  del  Mar 
que  ocasiono  en  aquella  Bahia.  .         .         .         Mexico. 

Small  4to.  pp.  20. 

Published  in  English  in  1748. 

13  Ordenanzas  del  consejo  real  de  las  Indias,  nuevamente 
recopiladas,  y  por  el  Rey  D.  Phelipe  IV.  N.  S.  para  su  go- 
bierno,  establecidasano  de  M.DC.xxxvi.  .  Madrid. 

Folio,  pp. 

14  *De  pr^stantia  colonic  Georgico-Anglican*,  prse  colo- 
niis  aliis.  ....  .  .  Aug.  Vind. 

Quarto. 

British  Museum  Catalogue. 

MDCCXLVIII. 
1  A  VOYAGE  TO  Hudson's  Bay,  by  the  Dobbs  galley  and  Cali- 
fornia, in  the  years  1746  and  1747,  for  discovering  a  North- 
west passage ;  with  an  accurate  survey  of  the  coast,  and  a 
short  natural  history  of  the  country.  Together  with  a  fair 
view  of  the  facts  and  arguments  from  which  the  future  finding 
of  such  a  passage  is  rendered  probable.  By  Henry  Ellis, 
gent,  agent  for  the  proprietors  in  the  said  expedition.  To 
which  is  prefixed,  an  historical  account  of  the  attempts  hitherto 
made  for  finding  a  passage  that  way  to  the  East  Indies.     Illus- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  89 

tratedwith  proper  cuts,  and  a  new  and  correct  chart  of  Hudson's   1748. 
Bay,  with  the  countries  adjacent.       .         .         .         London.     '^'^ 
8vo.  pp.  28  and  336. 

2  Account  of  a  voyage  for  the  discovery  of  a  North-west  pass- 

age by  Hudson's  Streights  to  the  Western  and  Southern 
Ocean  of  America.  Performed  in  the  year  1746  and  1747, 
in  the  ship  California,  Capt.  Francis  Smith,  commander.  By 
the  clerk  of  the  California.  Adorned  with  cuts  and  maps. 
8vo.  2  vols.  London. 

The  author's  name  was  Drage,  and  his  work  is  called  by  Barrow  "  a  pedan- 
tic, disputatious,  dogmatical  performance."  Arctic  Voyages  (1818),  p.  28T. 

3  The  state  of  trade  in  the  Northern  Colonies  consider'd.  By 

Otis  Little,  esq.        ......         London. 

8vo. 

4  An  abridgement  of  Mr.  David  Brainerd's  journal  among  the 

Indians,  or  the  rise  and  progress  of  a  remarkable  work  of  grace 
among  a  number  of  the  Indians,  in  the  provinces  of  New 
Jersey  and  Pensylvania.     By  David  Brainerd,  minister  of  the 
gospel,  and  missionary  from  the  honourable  society  in  Scot- 
land for  propagating  Christian  knowledge,  &c.  London. 
12mo. 
The  work  from  which  this  abridgment  was  made  was  apparently  printed 
at  Philadelphia  in  ^46.     The  dedication  to  the  abridgment  was  written 
by  the  celebrated  Dr.  Doddridge. 

5  A    BILL    IN     THE    CHANCERY    OF    NeW    JeRSEY.       At    the  Suit  of 

John  Earl  of  Stair,  and  others,  proprietors  of  the  eastern 
division  of  New  Jersey,  against  Benjamin  Bond  and  others, 
of  Elizabeth  Town  ;  with  three  large  maps.  To  which  is  added, 
the  publications  of  the  council  of  proprietors  of  East  New 
Jersey,  and  Nevill's  speeches  to  the  General  Assembly,  con- 
cerning the  riots  committed  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  pretences 
of  the  rioters  and  their  seducers.  New  York. 

Folio. 
In  the  British  Museum. — In  the  Harvard  College  ca.alogue,  with  the  date 
ofl74T. 

6  A  TRUE  AND   PARTICULAR  RELATION   of  the  dceadful  earth- 

quake which  happened  at  Lima,  the  capital  of  Peru,  and  the 
neighbouring  port  of  Callao,  on  the  28th  of  October,  1746. 
With  an  account  likewise  of  every  thing  material  that  passed 


90  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1748.  there  afterwards  to  the  end  of  November  following.  Published 
'*''^  at  Lima  by  order  of  the  viceroy,  and  translated  from  the 
original  Spanish,  by  a  gentleman  who  resided  many  years  in 
those  countries.  To  which  is  added,  a  description  of  Callao 
and  Lima  before  their  destruction,  and  of  the  kingdom  of 
Peru  in  general,  &c.  The  whole  illustrated  with  a  map,  plans, 
and  several  cuts  of  the  natives,  drawn  on  the  spot  by  the  trans- 
lator.    The  second  edition London. 

8vo.  pp.  341,  9  plates  and  maps. 
The  account  of  the  earthquake  is  translated  from  No.  11  of  1T47,  and  occu- 
pies seventj  pages :  the  remainder  of  the  work  is  a  compilation  from 
various  authors.  The  translator's  name  was  Henry  Johnson  ;  and  the^rrt 
edition  was  probably  published  in  the  same  year.  In  the  Gent.'s  Mag. 
for  1748  it  is  called  a  pretended  translation  from  the  Spanish. 

7  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD,  in  the  ycars  MDCCXL.  I.  II. 
III.  IV.  By  George  Anson,  esq.  commander-in-chief  of  a 
squadron  of  his  Majesty's  ships,  sent  upon  an  expedition  to 
the  South  Seas.  Compiled  from  papers  and  other  materials 
of  the  R.  H.  George  Lord  Anson,  and  published  under  his 
direction,  by  Richard  Walter,  M.A.,  chaplain  of  the  Centurion, 
in  that  expedition.  Illustrated  with  42  copper-plates. 
Quarto,  pp.  417.  London. 

Walter  had  prepared  an  account  o^  this  voyage  for  the  press,  but  it  was 
found  so  badly  executed,  that  Benjamin  Robins,  the  mathematician,  was 
employed  to  re- write  it,  although,  for  some  reason  or  other,  the  worthy 
chaplain's  name  was  allowed  to  remain  on  the  title-page.  It  is  called  by 
some  English  writers  a  masterpiece  of  composition ;  but  it  appears  to 
have  been  made  amusing  at  the  expense  of  truth.  The  progress  of  science 
formed  no  part  of  the  object  of  this  expedition,  which  was  prepared  for 
attacking  unawares  the  Spanish  possessions  and  shipping  in  the  South 
Sea,  and  which  was  so  successful,  that  the  prize-money  divided  amongst 
the  officers  and  crews  amounted  to  more  than  a  million  sterling.  The 
Biographie  Universtlle  says,  that  the  views,  charts,  and  plans,  deserve 
praise  for  their  exactness  ;  but  Dr.  Dibdin  says,  that  "  the  plates  are  in 
truth  barbarously  bad,  and  that  to  read  the  text  without  the  platea,  must 
be  a  comfort."  Ho  says,  moreover,  that  the  volume  is  unworthy  in 
every  respect  of  the  intrepid  Anson.  The  doctor  had  apparently  only 
seen  the  Jifth  edition,  printed  in  1749;  in  which,  of  course,  the  plates 
must  have  been  nearly  worn  out.  The  copies  of  the  first  edition,  on 
royal  paper,  of  which  I  now  have  one  before  me,  were  superior  to  any 
book  of  the  kind  which  had  been  hitherto  published,  and  were  unequalled 
until  Cook's  voyages  appeared.     Of  the  large  paper  copies  350  were 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  91 

taken  by  subscription.     A  serentb  edition  was  printed  in  1753  in  8vo.    1748. 
It  was  published  in  German,  French,  and  Dutch,  in  1749,  and  in  Italian 
in  1756. 

8  Descripcion  de  todas  las  provincias,  Reynos,  Estados  y 

Ciudades  principales  del  Mundo,    sacada  de  las  relaciones 

toscanas  de  Juan  Bolero  Benes ;  en  que  se  trata  de  las  cos- 

tumbres,  industria,  trato  y  riquesas  de  cada  una  de  las  na- 

ciones  de  Europa,  Asia,  Africa,  America,  6  Nuevo  Mundo ; 

de  la  quantidad,  qualidad  y  movimientos  del  Mar ;  y  de  todas 

las  islas  y  peninsulas  hasta  oy  descubiertas.     Por  Fr.  Jayme 

Rebullosa  de  la  orden  de  Predicadores.  .         Gerona. 

Small  4to. 

This  work,  which  is  found  in  Robertson's  catalogue,  was  first  printed  in 

1603. 

9  Carta  o  diario  que  escrive  D.  Joseph  Eusebio  de  Llano  y 

Zapata  al  Dr.  Chirivoga  en  que  con  la  mayor  verdad,  y  critica 
mas  segura  le  da  cuenta  de  todo  lo  acaecido  en  esta  capital 
del  Peru  desde  el  viernes  28  de  Oct"  1746,  quando  experi- 
ment© su  mayor  ruina  con  el  grande  movimiento  de  tierra, 
&c.  ........         Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  33. 

10  ExTRACTO  DE  LOS  AUTOS  de  diUgencias  y  reconocimientos  de 

los  Rios,  Lagunas,  Vertientes  y  Desagues  de  la  capital  Mexico 
y  su  valle :  de  los  caminos  para  su  comunicacion,  y  su  comer- 
cio  :  de  los  daiios  que  se  vieron  :  remedios  que  se  arbitraron : 
de  los  puntos  en  particular  decididos :  de  su  practica :  y  de 
otros  k  mayor  examen  reservados,  para  con  mejor  acierto 
resolverlos.      Por  D.  Joseph  Fran""-  de  Cuevas,  Aguirre  y 

Espinosa. Mexico. 

Folio,  pp.  71,    :,     map. 

11  HiSTORiA  DE  LA  coNQUiSTA  DE  Mexico,  poblacion  y  progres- 

80S  de  la  America  Septentrional  conocida  por  el  nombre  de 

Nueva  Espana.     Escriviala  D.  Antonio  de  Solis,  secretario 

de  S.  M.  y  su  Chronista  mayor  de  las  Indias.     .         Madrid. 

Folio. 

The  editor,  in  bis  dedication  to  Ferdinand  VI.  says,  that  this  edition  was 

corrected  from  the  manuscripts  of  the  author.      It  was  first  published 

in  1684. 

12  Relacion  HisTORiCA  del  viage  a  la  America  Meridional  hecho 

de  orden  de  S.  M.  para  medir  algunos  grados  de  meridiano 


^*  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1748.  terrestre  y  venir  por  ellos  en  conocimiento  de  la  verdadera 

figura  y  magnitud  de  la  tierra  con  otras  varias  observaciones 
astronomicas  y  phisicas.  Por  Don  Jorge  Juan  y  I>.Anf-  Ulloa. 
Small  folio,  4  vols.  Madrid. 

13  Observaciones  astronomicas  y  phisicas  hechas  de  orden  de 
S.  M.  en  los  reynos  del  Peru,  por  D.  Jorge  Juan  y  D.  Antonio 
Ulloa,  &c.  de  las  quales  se  deduce  la  figura  y  magnitud  de 
la  tierra  y  se  aplica  k  la  navigacion.  .         .         Madrid. 

Small  folio. 

These  two  works  are  generally  found  together.  The  historical  relation 
was  written  by  Ulloa ;  the  astronomical  part  by  Juan.  It  was,  at  the 
time,  the  most  important  work  of  the  kind  that  had  been  published.  The 
expedition  to  which  it  relates  was  the  same  in  which  Condamine  and 
Bouguer  were  sent  by  the  French  academy  of  sciences,  for  the  purpose 
of  determining  the  figure  of  the  earth  at  the  Equator.  The  astronomical 
observations  were  reprinted  in  1773,  with  a  memoir  of  the  author.  The 
historical  part  was  translated  into  French  in  1752,  and  into  English  in 
1758. 

MDCCXLIX. 

1  A  SHORT  STATE  of  the  countrics  and  trade  of  North  America. 
Claimed  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  under  pretence  of 
a  charter  for  ever,  of  lands  without  bounds  or  limits,  and  an 
exclusive  trade  to  those  unbounded  seas  and  countries.  Shew- 
ing the  illegality  of  the  said  grant,  and  the  abuse  they  have 
made  of  it,  &c.        ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  44. 

2  A  SHORT  NARRATIVE  and  justification  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
committee  appointed  by  the  adventurers  to  prosecute  the  dis- 
covery of  the  passage  to  the  Western  ocean  of  America ;  and 
to  open  and  extend  the  trade,  and  settle  the  countries  beyond 
Hudson's  Bay.  With  an  apology  for  their  postponing  at  pre- 
sent their  intended  application  to  Parliament.  To  which  are 
annexed,  the  report  and  petitions  referred  to  in  the  narrative; 
and  the  papers  prepared  to  be  delivered  to  the  Lords  and 
Commons,  &c.  Now  laid  before  the  publick  for  their  future 
consideration.  ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  30. 

3  Reasons  to  shew  that  there  is  a  great  probability  of  a  navigable 
passage  to  the  Western  American  ocean,  through  Hudson's 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  93 

Streights,  and  Chesterfield  inlet;  from  the  observations  made    1749. 
on  board  the  ships  sent  upon  the  late  discovery ;  supported     "^^^ 
by   affidavits,  which  coincide  with  several  former  accounts. 
Humbly  offered  to  the  consideration  of  the  Lords  and  Com- 
mons assembled  in  Parliament.  .         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  24. 

4  PAPEas  presented  to  the  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  state  and  condition  of  the  countries  adjoining  to  Hudson's 
Bay,  and  of  the  trade  carried  on  there.  .         London. 

Folio. 

.5  *A  GEOGRAPHICAL  HISTORY  of  Nova  Scotia.  .         London. 

8vo. 

Gent.'a  Magazine,  1749.     Meusel  iii.  1.  375. 

6  A  JOURNAL  of  the  proceedings  of  the  commissioners  appointed 

for  managing  a  treaty  of  peace ;  to  be  begun  and  held  at 
Falmouth,  in  the  county  of  York,  the  27th  of  September, 
1749;    between  Thomas  Hutchinson,    John   Choate,    Israel 
Williams,  and  James  Otis,  esqs. ;  commissioned  by  the  Hon. 
Spencer  Phips,  esq.  Lieut. -Gov.  and  Commander-in-chief  in 
and  over  H.  M.'s  province  of  the  Massachusett's  Bay,  in  New- 
England,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Eastern  Indians  on  the 
other  part.       ......         Boston,  N.E. 

Quarto,  pp.  18. 

Printed  by  John  Draper. 

7  A  SUMMARY,  HISTORICAL  AND  POLITICAL,  of  the  first  planting, 

progressive  improvements,  and  present  state  of  the  British 
settlements  in  North  America.  Containing  i.  Some  general 
account  of  ancient  and  modern  colonies,  the  granting  and 
settling  of  the  British  continent  and  West  India  Island  colo- 
nies ;  with  some  transient  remarks  concerning  the  adjoining 
French  and  Spanish  settlements,  and  other  remarks  of  various 
natures,  ii.  The  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  lodges,  fur  and 
skin  trade,  iii.  Newfoundland  harbours  and  codfishery. 
IV.  The  province  of  I'Accadie  or  Nova  Scotia,  with  the 
vicissitudes  of  the  property  and  jurisdiction  thereof,  and  its 
present  state,  v.  The  several  grants  of  Sagadahock,  pro- 
vince of  Main,  Massachusett's  Bay,  and  New  Plymouth, 
united  by  a  new  charter  in  the  present  province  of  Massachu- 


94  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1749.  sett's  Bay,    commonly  called    New- England.      By  William 

>-^^  Douglass,  M.D.     Vol.  I.  ....         Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  568. 
This  work  was  first  published  in  numbers.  The  first  appeared  in  January, 
1747  ;  the  volume  was  completed  in  May,  1749,  about  which  time  the 
first  248  pages  were  reprinted,  apparently  without  any  alteration,  not- 
withstanding the  statement  made  in  the  preface,  that  "  the  account  of 
Commodore  Knowles's  impress  in  the  harbour  of  Boston,  in  1747,  was  sup- 
pressed when  the  work  was  collected  into  volumes."  The  second  volume 
(pp.  416,)  was  published  in  1753;  containing,  i.  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. II.  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  iii.  Colony  of  Connecticut,  iv. 
Province  of  New  York.  v.  Province  of  New  Jersey,  vi.  Province  of 
Pennsylvania  and  its  territories,  vii.  Province  of  Maryland,  viii.  The 
colony  and  dominions  of  Virginia.  The  death  of  the  author,  in  Oct. 
1752,  prevented  the  work  from  being  fini^bed  ;  the  history  of  Virginia 
is  only  touched  upon,  the  two  last  numbc;.s  bei/ig  mostly  occupied  by 
a  digression  on  the  small-pox,  which  prevailed  at  that  time  in  Boston. 
Both  volumes  were  reprinted  in  London  in  1755,  and  republished,  with 
new  titles  only,  in  1760. 

8  *Representation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  relating  to  the  laws, 

manufactures,  and  trade  of  the  plantations  in  America. 
Folio.  London. 

9  Voyage  A  la  baye  de  Hudson,  fait  en  1746  et  1747,  pour  la 

decouverte  du  passage  de  Nord-ouest,  &c.     Traduit  de  I'An- 
glois  de  M.  Henri  Ellis,  &c.         ....         Paris. 
12mo.  2  vols,  in  1,  plates. 
The  name  of  the  translator  of  this  work  is  Sellius,  according  to  Barbier, 
(see  No.  1,  1748.)     Another  edition  was  printed  at  Leyden  in  1750. 

10  HiSTOiRE  GENERALE  DES  VOYAGES,  ou  nouvelle  collection  de 

toutes  les  relations  de  voyages  qui  ont  ete  publiees  jusqu'^ 
present,  &c.  (par  A.  F.  Prevostd' Exiles.)     .         .         Paris. 
12mo.  80  vols. 

See  No.  8,  1746.     The  last  volume  was  published  in  1789. 

11  La  FIGURE  DE  LA  TERRE  d^tcrminec  par  les  observations  de 

MM.  Bouguer  et  de  la  Condamine,  envoyes  au  Perou  pour 

observer   aux   environs  de   I'equateur.      Avec   une   relation 

abregee  de  ce  voyage,  qui  contient   la  description  du  pays 

dans  lesquels  les  operations  ont  ete  faites.     Par  M.  Bouguer. 

Quarto,  pp.  ex.  and  396.  Paris. 

See  1751—2. 

12  DiSERTACioN  iiisTORiCA  Y  GEOGRAPHiCA  sobre  cl  mcridiauo 

de  demarcaciou  entre  los  Dominios  de  Espaiia  y  i^ortugal,  y 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  95 

los  parages  por  donde  passa  en  la  America  Meridional,  con-    1749. 
forme  k  los  tratados   y  derechos  de  cada  estado,  y  las  mas     "^^ 
seguras  y  modernas  observaciones.     Por  Don  Jorge  Juan  y 
Don  Ant'-  Ulloa.  .....  Madrid. 

Small  8vo. 

The  boundary  line  between  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  possessions  in 
America  was  a  subject  of  discussion  from  the  time  of  the  infallible  decision 
of  Pope  Alexander  VI.  until  they  became  independent  states.  This 
important  treatise  on  the  subject  was  prepared  by  two  of  the  most  learned 
men  in  Spain.     It  was  translated  into  French  in  1776. 

13  Primer  synodo  diocesan  a,  celebrola  el  Ilmo.  S""-  D.  Pedro 

Phelipe  de  Azua  c  'urgoyen,  Obispo  desta  Santa  Iglesia  de 
la  Concepcion  de  Chile,  despues  electo  Arzobispo  de  Santa 
Fe,  del  Nuevo  Reyno  de  Granada,  en  la  Santa  Iglesia  Cathe- 
dral de  dicha  Ciudad  de  la  Concepcion.  A  que  se  dio  prin- 
cipio  en  doce  de  Octubre  de  1 744.  .  .  .  Lima. 
Folio,  pp.  191. 

14  HiSTORiADORES    PRiMiTivos  dc    las  Indias  occidentals  que 

junto,  traduxo  en  parte  y  saco  a  luz,  ilustrados  con  eruditas 
notas  y  copissos  Indices  Don  Andres  Gonzalez  Barcia. 
Divididos  en  tres  tomos.  ....         Madrid. 

Folio,  3  vols. 

The  following  are  the  contents  of  this  valuable  collection. 
Vol.  I.  1.  La  historia  del  Almirante  D.  Christoval  Colon,  que  compusoen  Castel- 
lano  Don  Fernando  Colon  su  hijoy  traduxo  en  Toscano  Alfonso  de  Ulloa, 
Tuelta  a  traducir  en  (!;istellano,  per  no  parecer  el  original,     pp.  128. 

2.  Quatro  Cthere  are  only  three)  cartas  de  Hernan  Cortes  dirigidas  al 
Emperador  Carlos  V.  en  que  hace  relacion  de  sus  conquistas,  y  sucessos 
en  la  Nueva  Espana :  con  las  relaciones  de  Pedro  de  Alvarado  y  Diego 
de  Godoy.     pp.  173. 

3.  Relacion  sumaria  de  la  historia  natural  de  las  Indias,  compuesta  y  dii- 
gida  al  Emperador  Carlos  V.  por  Gouz.  Fernandez  de  Oviedo.     pp.  66. 

4.  Examen  Apologetico  de  la  historica  Narracion  de  los  naufragios,  pere- 
grinaciones  y  Milagros  de  Alvar  Nunez  Cabeza  de  Vaca,  en  las  tierras  de 
la  Florida  y  del  nuevo  Mexico,  contra  la  incerta  y  mal  reparada  censura 
del  P.  Honorio  Filipono  6  del  que  puso  en  su  nombre  el  libro  intitulado 
Nova  typis  transacta,  &c.  (see  1621.^  Por  el  Excmo.  Sr.  D.  Antonio 
Ardoino.  Tratase  de  los  Milagros  aparentes  y  verdaderos  y  de  la  virtud 
y  bondad  de  la  Milicia  Christiana  vanamente  injuriada  en  los  soldados. 
Madrid  en  la  imprenta  d«  Juan  de  Zuniga.     Aiio  de  1736.  pp.50. 

5.  Naufragios  de  Alvar  Nunez  Cabeza  do  Vaca  y  Relacion  de  la  Jornada  que 
hizo  a  la  Florida  con  Panfilo  de  Narvacz.     pp.  52. 


6  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1749.  6.  Comentarios  de  Alvar  Nunez  Cabeza  de  Vaca  Adelantado  y  Gobernader 

del  Rio  de  la  Plata,     pp.  72. 
Vol.  II. 

7.  Francisco  Lopez  de  Gomara,  Historia  de  las  Indias.  pp.  226,  Index,  50. 

8. Cronica  de  la  Nueva  Espana.     pp.  214,  Index,  46. 

Vol.  III. 

9.  Historia  del  descubrimiento  y  conquista  de  la  Provincia  del  Peru  y  de 
las  Guerras  y  cosas  seiialadas  en  ella,  acaecidas  basta  el  vencimiento  de 
Gon^alo  Pizarro  y  de  sus  sequaces  que  en  ella  se  rebelaron  contra  S.  M. 
(Por  Augustin  de  Zarate.)     pp.  176.     Index  pp.  28. 
!0.  Conquista  del  Peru  de  Francisco  de  Xerez.     pp.  66. 

11.  Historia  del  descubrimiento  de  el  Rio  de  la  Plata  y  Paraguay  (por 
Hulderico  Schmidel.)  pp.  40.  Translated  and  abridged  by  Barcia  from 
the  Latin,  published  in  1599  by  Levin  Hulsius.  This  work  is  cited  in 
Pinelo,  p.  661,  as  being  by  Gabriel  de  Cardenas,  and  printed  in  1631,  a 
mistake  for  1731,  in  which  year  most  of  these  works  were  printed,  al- 
though not  published  until  1749. 

12.  Argentina  y  Conquista  del  Rio  de  la  Plata  por  D.  Martin  del  Barco 
Centenera.     pp.  124. 

13.  Viage  del  mundo  por  Simon  Perez  de  Torres  en  1586,  &c.     pp.  45. 
Now  first  printed. 

14.  Epitome  de  la  Relacion  del  viage  de  algunos  Mercaderes  de  San  Malo 
a  Moka,  los  anos  1708,  &c.  traducido  del  Frances  por  D.  Manl.  de  Grova. 
pp.3. 

Don  Andres  Gonzalez  de  Barcia  Carballido  y  Zuniga,  after  having  published 
new  editions  of  Torquemada  (1722,)  El  Peru  y  Florida  del  Inca,  Herrera* 
la  Araucana,  El  Origen  de  los  Indies,  and  the  Biblioteca  de  Pinelo, 
caused  to  be  printed  the  authors  contained  in  this  collection,  and  probably 
some  others,  as  he  mentions,  in  his  edition  of  Pinelo,  that  Fenaudez's 
Historia  del  Peru  was  about  being  finished  in  1731,  but  of  which  no  copies 
are  known  to  exist.  Most  of  these  authors  were  printed  about  that  same 
period,  but  were  not  published  until  1749,  (six  years  after  Barcia's  death, 
which  happened  in  1743,)  when  general  titles  to  the  3  volumes  were 
printed,  with  a  table  of  contents,  of  which  there  are  two  different  impres- 
sions ;  one,  the  most  modem,  is  printed  by  Ibarra.  In  the  account  of  the 
remaining  stock  of  this  work  in  1778,  two  hundred  complete  sets  are  men- 
tioned, 21  of  which  are  described  as  on  large  paper.  Of  the  separate  parts 
there  are  as  many  as  1300  copies  of  some  of  them,  of  others  very  few,  and 
none  of  the  History  of  Columbus ;  all  these  separate  parts  were  sold 
as  waste  paper,  upwards  of  30  years  ago.  The  large  paper  copies  disap- 
peared about  the  same  time,  and  perhaps  in  the  same  manner,  as  I  have 
found  seven  copies  of  the  history  of  Columbus  on  this  paper,  but  have 
never  seen  a  copy  of  the  whole  work  on  large  paper. 

My  own  copy  contains,  besides  the  works  already  mentioned,  the  following : 
"  Viage  de  Jerusalen  de  D.  Fadrique  Euriquez  de  Ribera  Marques  de 
Tarifa,  y  otros  Cabulleros.''      Reprinted  from  the  edition  of  1606. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  97 

15  Annaes  historicos  do   Estado  do  Maranhao,  em  que  se  da    1749. 
noticia  do  seu  descobrimiento  e  tudo  o  mais  que  nelle  tem    ^-^ 
succedido  desde  o  anno  em  que  foy  descuberto  ate  o  de  1718. 
Por  Bernardo  Pereira  de  Berredo.  Lisboa. 

Folio,  pp.  710. 
The  author  was  appointed  governor  of  Maranham  in  the  year  1718.  His 
death  took  place  in  1748,  while  preparing  this  work  for  the  press.  He 
was  distinguished  amongst  his  countrymen  fur  his  valour,  but  "  has  left 
for  himself  a  more  durable  remembrance  in  his  historical  annals  of  the 
state  over  which  he  presided."    Southey. 

MDCCL. 

1  The  natural  history  of  Barbados.     In  ten  books.     By  the 

Rev.  Mr.  Griffith  Hughes,  A.M.  rector  of  St.  Lucy's  parish, 

in  the  said  island,  and  F.R.S. 
Folio,  pp.  314,  29  plates,  and  map. 
There  is  a  very  well  written  article  on  this  work  in  Vol.  3  of  the  Monthly 
Review,  (p.  197,)  from  which  it  appears  that  it  is  of  no  value  whatever 
to  the  naturalist.  The  writer  of  the  review  says,  that  Linnteus,  when 
in  London,  "  was  despised,  bis  papers  laughed  at,  and  himself,  had  it 
not  been  for  the  generous  friendship  of  the  late  Dr.  Isaac  Lawson,  had 
perished  for  want."  Large  paper  copies  of  this  work  are  more  common 
than  those  on  small  paper.  The  plates  being  engraved  from  the  drawings 
of  Ehret,  may  still  be  consulted  with  advantage. 

2  Observations  on  the   importance  of  the   Northern  colonies, 

under  proper  regulations,      ....         New  York. 
8vo.  pp.  36. 
"  By  Archibald  Keneday,  esq.  receiver-general  of  New  York."    MS.  note. 

3  Tratado  historico,  politico  y  legal  de  el  comercio  de  las 

Indias  Occidentals,    pertenicientes  a  los  Reyes  Catholicos, 
conforme  al  tiempo  de  Paz  y  Guerra,  en  interpretacion  de 
las  Leyes  de  la  Nueva  Recopilacion  k  ellas.     Compendio  his- 
torico del  comercio  de  las  Indias,  desde  su  principio  hasta  su 
actual  Estado.     Su  author  Don  Joseph  Gutierrez  de  Ruhal- 
cava.     Professor  de  el  Derecho  canonico  y  civil  y  assessor  de 
marina  ea  la  comission  de  Montes  y  plantios,  del  departa- 
miento  de  Cadiz.        ......         Cadiz. 

Small  Svo. 
This  work  has  no  date  on  the  title,  but  the  licences,  &c.  were  given  in  this 

year.     At  the  end  is  added  the   Proyecto  de  Galeones,  etc.   first  printed 

in  1720. 


98  Bibliotheca  Americana  Neva. 

1750.    4  PisciuM  SERPENTUM  INSECTORUM  aliofumque  nonnullorum  ani- 
'^'^  malium  necnon  plantarum  imagines  quas  Marcus    Catesby 

in  posteriore  parte  splendidi  illius  operis  quo  Carolinse,  Flori- 
dse,  et  Bahamensium  insularum  tradidit  historiam  naturalem, 
eiusque  appendice  descripsit.     Ediderunt  N.  F.  Eisenberger 
et  G.  Lichtensteger.  ....  Norimbergce. 

Folio,  64  coloured  plates. 

The  plates  in  this  work  are  copied  from  the  first  sixty-four  of  the  second 

volume  of  Catesby *8  Carolina  :  according  to  Brunet,  the  work  should 

contain  109  plates. 

5  *AuszuG    DER   NACHRiCHTEN  von   deiii  Englischen    America, 

besonders  von  Carolina  und  Georgia.  Von  Emanuel  Christian 

Loeber.         ........        Jena. 

8vo. 

Meusel  iii.  1.  394. 

MDCCLI. 

1  *A  GENUINE  NARRATIVE  of  the  transactions   in  Nova  Scotia 

since  the  settlement,  June,  1749,  till  August  5th,  1751,  in 

which  the  nature,  soil,  produce  of  the  country,  are  related, 

with  the  particular  attempts  of  the   Indians  to  disturb  the 

colony.     By  John  Wilson,  late  inspector  of  the  stores. 

8vo.  London. 

"  Mr.  Wilson  seems  to  be  very  much  out  of  humour,  but  does  not  tell  us 

on  what  account.     However,  he  pours  out  his  spleen  upon  this  new  colony, 

which  he  represents  in  a  very  unpromising  way  ;  but  he  has  said  so  little, 

and  that  in  such  general  terms,  and  in  such  a  rambling  superficial  manner, 

that  he  deserves  little  notice,  and  less  credit."     M.R.  v.  p.  458. 

2  *The  IMPORTANCE  of  Settling  and  fortifying  Nova  Scotia.      By 

a  Gentleman  lately  arrived  from  that  colony.  London. 

8vo. 
"  We  find  very  little,  if  any  thing,  worth  notice  in   this  piece."     M.R. 
V.  p.  397. 

3  Observations  on  the  inhabitants,  climate,  soil,  rivers,  produc- 

tions, animals,  and  other  matters  worthy  of  notice,  made  by  Mr. 
JohnBartram,in  his  travels  from  Pensylvaniato  Onondago,  Os- 
wego, and  the  lake  Ontario,  in  Canada.  To  which  is  annexed,  a 
curious  account  of  the  cataracts  at  Niagara.  By  Mr.  Peter 
Kalm,  a  Swedish  gentleman  who  travelled  there.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  94,  and  plan. 
John  Bartram  was  the  father  of  William  Bartram,  who  published  his  travels 
in  1791.     Both  were  enthusiastic  naturalists. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  09 

4  A  JOURNAL,  or  historical  account  of  the  life,  travels  and  christiau    1751. 

experiencies,  of  that  ancient  faithful  servant  of  Jesus  Christ,     '^'^ 
Thomas  Chalkley,  veho  departed  this  life  in  the    island    of 
Tortola,  the  4th  day  of  the  9th  month,  1741.      The  second 
edition.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  326. 
A  testimonj  of  the  Friends,  at  the  beginning  of  this  book,  is  dated  Phila- 
delphia, 1749,  from  which  it  may  be  inferred  that  the  first  edition  was 
printed  there  about  that  time.  Chalkley  was  a  Quaker  preacher  and  trader, 
and  spent  about  forty  years  of  his  life  in  preaching  and  trading  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  North  America  and  the  West  Indies,  but  principally  in  Penn- 
sylvania.    He  was  a  man  of  many  virtues. 

5  A  NARRATIVE  of  the  dangers  and  distresses  which  befel  Isaac 

Morris  and  seven  more  of  the  crew  belonging  to  the  Wage 
store  ship,  which  attended  commodore  Anson,  in  his  voyage 
to  the  South  Sea  ;  containing  an  account  of  their  adventures 
after  they  were  left  by  Bulkely  and  Cummings,  on  an  unin- 
habited part  of  Patagonia,  where  they  remained  about  fifteen 
months,  till  they  were  seized  by  a  party  of  Indians,  and  carried 
above  1000  miles  into  the  inland  country,  with  whom  they 
resided  upwards  of  sixteen  months :  after  which  they  were 
carried  to  Buenos  Ayres,  and  ransomed  by  the  governor. 
Mvo.  Lonlon. 

"This  narrative  appears  to  be  genuine,  and  is  well  and  methodically  written," 
&c.     M.R.  V.  p.  156. 

6  NouvEAu  voYAGii  FAIT  Au  Perou.   Par  M.  I'Abbe  Courte  de  la 

Blanchardiere.      Auquel  on  a  joint  une  description  des  anci- 

ennes  mines  d'Espagne  traduite  de  I'Espagnol  d'Alonso  Ca- 

rillo  Lazo.  .......         Paris. 

12mo. 

An  English  translation  was  published  in  1753. 

7  Histoire  de  la  Jamaique,  traduite  de  I'Anglois  :    par  M  *  *  *, 

ancien  officier  de  dragons.         ....         Londres. 
19mo.  2  vols.,  6  plates. 
Translated  from  A  New  History,  &c.  1740.      The  translator's  ,name  was 
Raulin.     It  was  probably  printed  in  Paris. 

8  Histoire  des  pyramides  dequito,  elevees  par  les  academiciens 

envoyes  sous  I'Equateur  par  ordre  du  Roi.      "  Etiam  peri^re 
ruinae."     Lucan.         ......         Paris. 

Quarto,  pp.  53.     Plate. 


100  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 751  ^  In  a  London  catalogue  this  work  is  stated  to  be  very  rare,  from  baring  been 

,^,»,«^  suppressed.     This  is  probably  a  mistake,  as  the  same  work  is  reprinted 

with  the  Journal  du  Voyage.  It  was  printed  separately  merely  for  private 
distribution,  and  hence  its  rarity. 

9  Journal  du  voyage  fait  par  ordre  du  Roi,  a  I'Equateur,  servant 

d'introduction  historique  a  la  mesure  des  trois  premiers  degres 

du  Meridien.     Par  M.  de  la  Condamine.       .         .         Paris. 

Quarto,  pp.  280,  plates  5. 

10.  Mesuke  des  trois  premiers  degres  du  meridien  dans  I'he- 

misphere  Austral,  tirees  des  observations  de  M"'  de  I'academie 

Royale  des  sciences,  envoyes  par  le  Roi  sous  I'Equateur. 

Par  M.  de  la  Condamine.  ....         Paris. 

Quarto,  pp.  265,  plates  3. 

1 1  Supplement  au  journal  historique  du  voyage  a  I'Equateur, 

et  au  livre  de  la  mesure  des  trois  premiers  degres  du  Meridien. 
Pour  servir  de  reponse  a  quelques  objections.     Par  M.  de  la 
Condamine.        .......         Paris. 

Quarto.  -  i     . 

This  supplement  was  printed  in  1752,  and  a  second  part  of  it  in  1754 :  in- 
tended principally  to  answer  the  objections  which  had  been  made  by  M. 
Bouguer,  in  his  Justification,  1752. 

12  Recueil  des  memoires  qui  ont  ete  publics  avec  les  cartes 

hydrograpbiques,  que  Ton  a  dressees  au  depot  des  cartes  et 
plans  de  la  marine,  pour  le  service  des  vaisseaux  du  Roi  par 
ordre  du  ministere,  depuis  I'annee  1737  jusqu'en  1751.  Par 
le  Sieur  Bellin,  ingenieur  ordinaire  de  la  marine.  (Paris.) 
Quarto. 

MDCCLII. 

1  An  account  of  six  years'  residence  in  Hudson's  Bay,  from  1733 

to  1736,  and  1744  to  1747.  By  Joseph  Robson,  late  sur- 
veyor and  supervisor  of  tbe  buildings  to  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company.  Containing  a  variety  of  facts,  observations,  and 
discoveries,  tending  to  shew,  &c.  .         .         London. 

8vo.  2  maps  and  a  plan. 
"  The  author  relates  his  facts  with  an  air  of  honesty  and  seeming  regard  to 
truth  ;  and  we  are  credibly  assured  that  liis  account  is  as  honest  and 
just  as  it  appears  to  be."     M.ll.  vii.  p.  75. 

2  The  importance  of  gaining  and  preserving  the  friendship  of  the 

Indians  of  the  Six  Nations  to  the  British  interest  consider'd. 
8vo.  pp.  46.  London. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  101 

•'  The  author  of  this  pamphlet  strongly  recommends  a  confederacy  among  1752. 
the  American  colonies,  like  that  of  the  United  provinces,  for  their  v^,^ 
mutual  support,  and  for  contributing  towards  the  expenses  of  building 
forts,  and  cultivating  the  friendship  of  tbe  Six  Nations  ;  since  it  is  abso- 
lutely true,  that  the  preservation  of  the  whole  continent  depends  upon  a 
proper  management  of  those  Indians.*'  Gent. 'a  Mag.  xxii.  p-  46.  This 
tract  was  apparently  first  printed  in  Philadelphia. 

3  The  trial  of  John  Peter  Zenger,  of  New  York,  printer;  who 

was  tried  and  acquitted  for  printing  and  publishing  a  libel 

against  the  government;  with  the  pleadings  and  arguments 

on  both  sides.  .  .  ...         London. 

8vo.  pp.  76. 

A  very  interesting  trial,  in  which  the  counsel  for  the  defendant  was  Andrew 
Hamilton,  esq.  a  barrister  of  Philadelphia,  who,  for  the  able  defence  he 
made  upon  the  occasion,  was  rewarded  by  order  of  the  common  council 
of  New  York  with  the  freedom  of  tbe  city  in  a  splendid  gold  box.  This 
trial  took  place  in  1735. 

4  *An  epistle  to  Arthur  Dobbs,  esq.  from  a  clergyman  in  Ame- 

rica.        ........         London. 

8vo. 

Gent.'fl  Mag.  1762. 

5  *Laws  op  New  York,  from  the  year  1691  to  1751  inclusive. 

Folio.  New  York. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

6  HisToiRE  DU  TREMBLEMENT  DE  terre  de  Lima  et  Callao,  avec 

la  description  du  Perou,  &c.     Traduite  de  TAnglois. 
12mo.  pp.  445,  and  6  plates.  Paris. 

A  translation  of  No.  6  of  1748, 

7  Voyage  historique  de  I'Amerique  meridionale  fait  par  ordre 

du  Roi  d'Espagne  par  Don  George  Juan  et  par  Don  Antoine 
de  UUoa;  ouvrage  orne  des  figures,  plans  et  cartes  necessaires. 
Et  qui  contient  une  histoire  des  Incas  du  Perou,  et  les  obser- 
vations astronomiques  et  physiques,   faites  pour  determiner 
la  figure  et  la  grandeur  de  la  terre.       .         .         Amsterdam. 
Quarto,  2  vols.  48  plates. 
The  original  edition  in  Spanish  was  printed  in  1748.     Some  copies  of  this 
French  translation  have  the  imprint  of  Paris  on  the  title-page,  which 
has  given  rise  to  the  idea  that  an  edition  was  printed  in  Paris;  and  La 
Kicharderie  even  says  that  the  Amsterdam  edition  is  most  esteemed.     I 
have  now  botli  before  me,  and  I  can  safely  assert  that  they  are  one  and 
the  same  edition.     The  translator  was  M.  de  Mauvillon. 


102  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

I?/)-?,    8  *Allgemeinl  Geschichte  der  Lander  und  Volker  von  America. 
'*'*'  Nebst  einer  vorrede  Siegmund  Jacob  Baumgartens,  &c. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  58  plates.  Halle. 

This  Universal  history  of  the  country  and  people  of  America  was  compiled 
or  translated,  from  various  authors,  by  Jo.  Fred.  Schroeter.  The  intro- 
ductory discourses  only  were  written  by  Baumgartens.    Meusel. 

MDCCLIII. 

1  *HiST0RiCAL  MEMOIRS  relating  to  the  Housatunnuk  Indians,  or 

an  account  of  the  methods  used  for  the  propagation  of  the 

gospel  among  the  heathenish  tribe,  under  the  ministry  of  John 

Sergeant,  &c.     By  Samuel  Hopkins.  .         Boston,  N.E. 

Quarto. 

Allen's  Biog.  Diet. 

2  *Remarks  in  support  of  the  new  chart  of  North  and   South 

America.     By  J.  Green. 
The  same  person  published  at  the  same  time  a  chart  of  North   and  South 
America,  including  the  Atlantic.     Both  are  in  the  British  Museum. 

3  *A  GENUINE  LETTEii  from  Mr.  John  Brainard,  missionary  from 

the  Scotch  society  to  the  North  American  Indians.      London. 
8vo. 

4  The  history  of  the  first  discovery  and  settlement  of  Virginia. 

By  Wm.  Stith,  A.M London. 

8vo. 

Originally  printed  at  Williamsburg,  V»-    in  1747. 

5  A  VOYAGE  TO  Peru,  performed  by  the  (ship)  Conde  of  St.  Malo, 

in  the  years  1745,  1746,  1747,  1748,  and  1749.  Written  by 
the  chaplain.  To  which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing 
the  present  state  of  the  Spanish  affairs  in  America,  in  respect 
to  mines,  trade,  and  discoveries.        .  .  .          London. 

12mo. 

The  Monthly  Review  (vol.  ix.  p.  294,)  speaks  well  of  this  work,  and  says 
of  its  author,  that  his  "  observations  and  descriptions  are  sensible,  perti- 
nent, and  entertaining.  He  seems  to  have  little  of  the  priest,  and  nothing 
of  the  bigot  about  him  ;  yet  his  sentiments  are  such  as  become  the  good 
christian,  and  the  gentleman."  No  mention  is  made  in  tiie  work  of  the 
original  author,  who  it  ajjpears  was  the  Abb6  Court  de  la  Blanchardiere, 
and  who  published  the  account  of  his  voyage  at  Paris  in  1751. 

6  *Observatiovs  ckitiques   sur  les   nouvelles   decouvertes   de 

I'amiral  de  la  Fuente,  presentees  a  I'academie  royale  des 
sciences,  par  M.  Robert  de  Vaugondy.          .  .  Paris. 

12  mo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  103 

7  *Objets  a  considerer  sur  un  memoire  qu'il  avoit  appris  qu'on    1753. 

se  proposoit  de  presenter  a  racademie  centre  la  relation  de     **'^*' 
Tamiral  de  Fonte.     Par  M.  Philippe  Buache.        .         Paris. 
12mo. 

8  NouvELLEs   CARTES  des  dccouvertes  de  Tarairal  de  Fonte  et 

autres  navigateurs  Espagnols,  Portugais,  Anglois,  Hollandois, 
Francois,  et  Russes,  dans  les  mers  septentrionales,  avec  leur 
explication.     Par  M.  de  I'lsle.  .         .         .         Paris. 

Quarto,  pp.  60,  and  4  maps. 
An  abridgment,  by  Arthur  Dobbs,  of  this  memoir,  is  printed  with  the  Letter 
from  a  Russian  Sea  Officer,  1754. 

9  *Lettre  d'un  officier  de  la  marine  Russe  k  un  Seigneur  de 

la  Cour  de  Russie,  concernant  la  carte  des  decouvertes,  an 

Nord  de  la  Mer  du  Sud,  et  le  memoire  qui  y  sert  d'explication. 

8vo.  Paris. 

Translated  into  English  in  the  following  year. 

10  *CoNsiDERATioNs  GEOGRAPHiQUES  ct  physiques  sur  les  nou- 

velles  decouvertes  au  Nord  de  la  grande  Mer,  appellee  vul- 
g  lirement  la  Mer  du  Sud ;  avec  des  cartes,  qui  y  sont  relatives, 
&c.  Par  M.  Philippe  Buache.     ....         Paris. 
Quarto. 

11  *NouvELLES  OBSERVATIONS  concemant  Ics  dcmicres  connois- 

sances  venues  de  Russie,  qui  confirment  les  vues,  indiquees 
dans  \es  considerations  geographigues,  Sfc.  sur  le  voisinage  de 
I'Amerique  et  de  I'Asie,  separees  uniquement  par  un  long 
detroit,  et  sur  la  grande  Presqu'  He  supposee ;  presentee  k 
I'academie  des  sciences.    Par  Philippe  Buache.  Paris. 

12mo. 

12  Voyage  fait  par  ordre  du  Roi  en  1 750  et  1 751 ,  dans  I'Amerique 

septentrionale,  pour  rectifier  les  cartes  des  cotes  de  I'Acadie, 
de  risle  Royale,  et  de  I'lsle  de  Terre  Neuve  ;  et  pour  en  fixer 
les   principaux  points    par   des  observations  astronomiques. 

Par  M.  de  Chabert.  Paris. 

Quuto,  pp.  288.  Maps,  &c.  7. 
M.  Chabert's  work  is  highly  spoken  of  by  the  commission  appointed  by 
the  French  Academy  of  Sciences  to  examine  it,  and  is  recommended  as  a 
model  to  future  navigators.  It  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  first  con- 
taining an  account  of  the  author's  voyage  from  Brest  to  Louisbourg,  and 
of  his  four  expeditions  to  the  neighbouring  coasts  and  islands ;  tlie  Be« 


104  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1753.  cond  part  contains  the  astronomical  observations  at  large.     It  maybe 

important  as  a  scientific  work,  but  can  by  no  means  be  recommended  to 
those  who  read  for  amusement. 

13  Memoiues  historiques  sur  la  Louisiane,  contenant  ce  qui  y 
est  arrive  de  plus  memorable  depuis  I'annee  1687  jusqu'a 
present ;  avec  I'etablissement  de  la  colonie  Frangoise  dans 
cette  province  de  I'Amerique  Septentrionale,  sous  la  direction 
de  la  compagnie  des  Indes  ;  le  climat,  la  nature,  et  les  pro- 
ductions de  ce  pays,  I'origine  et  la  religion  des  sauvages  qui 
I'habitent,  leurs  moeurs  et  leurs  costumes,  &c.  Composes  sur 
les  memoires  de  M.  Dumont,  par  M.  L.  L.  M.  Ouvrage  enrichi 
de  cartes  et  de  figures.         .....         Paris. 

12mo.  2  vols  in  1. 
The  editor  of  this  work  was  M.  I'Abb^  Le  Mascrier.  M.  Dumont,  an  ofiScer 
in  the  service  of  France,  was  employed  twenty-five  years  in  Louisiana. 
The  first  part  contains  the  history  of  its  natural  productions,  and  of  the 
manners  and  customs  of  the  Indians  :  the  second  part  contains  an  histo- 
rical narrative,  from  the  death  of  La  Sale,  in  1687,  to  1740. 

14  CopiA  DE  LA  RELACiON,  y  diario  critico  nautico  de  el  viage 
que  desde  la  ciudad  de  Cadiz  k  la  de  Cartagena  de  Indias, 
hizo  con  sus  Companeros  el  R.  P.  M.  F.  Francisco  de  Soto  y 
Marne,  chronista  gen''  de  la  religion  de  San  Francisco,  &c. 
Sacase  k  luz  a  expensas  de  D.  Fran.  Ant.  Garcia  Vicente. 

4to.  pp.  40  and  8.  Madrid. 

15  Arte  novissima  de  lengua  Mexicana  que  dicto  Don  Carlos 
de  Tapia  Zenteno.  &c.  cathedratico  proprietario  de  dicha 
lengua  en  la  real  universidad  de  esta  Corte,  <&c.  Mexico. 

Quarto. 
From  the  dedication  to  this  work,  it  appears  that  this  professorship  of  the 
Mexican  language  was  first  established   in  the  university  of  Mexico  by 
order  of  the  archbishop,  D.  Manuel  Rubio  Salinas,  not  long  before  the  book 
was  published. 

16  *Resa  til  Norra  America  pa  Kongl.  Swenska  Vetenskaps 
Academiens  befallning  och  publici  kestnad  forrattad.  Peter 
Kalm.  .......         Stockholm. 

8vo.  Vol.  1.  wood-cuts. 

The  original  Swedish  edition  of  K  aim's  travels,  the  second  volume  of  which 
was  printed  in  175iJ,  and  tlie  third  in  1761.  It  was  translated  into 
German  by  Jo.  Vhilippa  and  Jo.  Andrea  Murray,  and  printed  at  Goettin- 
gen  in  1754,  17.'>7,  and  ITGl.  An  English  translation  was  printed  iu 
J  770.  Meusel. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  105 

17  Fasti  societatis  Jesu,  res  et  personas  memorabiles  ejusdem   1753. 
societatis  per  singulos  anni  dies  repreesantantes.     Opera  et     •■^^ 
studio  R.  P.  Joannes  Drews.     ....         Hispali. 
Small  8vo.  4  vols. 


MDCCLIV. 

1  The  journal  of  Major  George  Washington  :  sent  by  the 

Hon.  Robert  Dinwiddie,  esq'-;  H.  M.'s  lieut.  gov.  and  com- 
mander in  chief  of  Virginia,  to  the  commandant  of  the  French 
forces  on  Ohio.  To  which  are  added,  the  governor's  letter, 
and  a  translation  of  the  French  officer's  answer.  With  a  new 
map  of  the  country  as  far  as  the  Mississippi.  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  32  and  map. 

First  printed  at  Williamsburg,  Virginia,  in  the  same  year.  Prefixed  is  the 
following.  Advertisement.  As  it  was  thought  advisable  by  his  Honour 
the  Governor  to  have  the  following  account  of  my  proceedings  to  and  from 
the  French  on  Ohio  committed  to  print,  I  think  I  can  do  no  less  than 
apologize,  in  some  measure,  for  the  numberless  imperfections  of  it. 
There  intervened  but  one  day  between  my  arrival  in  Williamsburg  and 
the  time  for  the  Council's  meeting,  for  me  to  prepare  and  transcribe,  from 
the  rough  minutes  1  had  taken  in  my  travels,  this  .Tournal  ;  the  writing 
of  which  only  was  sufficient  to  employ  me  closely  the  whole  time,  conse- 
quently admitted  of  no  leisure  to  consult  of  a  new  and  proper  form  to  offer 
it  in,  or  to  correct  and  amend  the  diction  of  the  old  :  neither  was  J  apprized, 
nor  did  in  the  least  conceive,  when  J  wrote  this  for  his  Honour's  perusal, 
that  it  ever  would  be  published,  or  even  have  more  than  a  cursory  reading  ; 
till  I  was  informed,  at  the  meeting  of  the  present  general  Assembly,  that 
it  was  already  in  the  press.  There  is  nothing  can  recommend  it  to  the 
public  but  this :  those  things  which  came  under  the  notice  of  my  own  obser- 
vation, I  have  been  explicit  and  just  in  a  recital  of ;  those  which  I  have 
gathered  from  report,  I  have  been  particularly  cautious  nut  to  augment, 
but  collected  the  opinions  of  the  several  intelligencers,  and  selected  from 
the  whole  the  most  probable  and  consistent  account.     G.  Washington. 

2  Some  account  of  the  North  American  Indians;  their  genius, 

characters,  customs,  and  dispositions  towards  the  French  and 
English  nations.  To  which  are  added,  Indian  miscellanies, 
viz.  1.  The  speech  of  a  Creek  Indian  against  the  immoderate 
use  of  spirituous  liquors,  &c.  2.  A  letter  from  Yariza,  an 
Indian  maid,  of  the  royal  line  of  the  Mohawks,  to  the  principal 
ladies  of   New    York.      3.    Indian   songs  of  peace.     4.   An. 


106  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 754.  American  fable.    Collected  by  a  learned  and  ingenious  gentle- 

man in  the  province  of  Pensylvania.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 
"  The  same  book  appears  to  have  been  published  with  a  somewhat  different 
title,  viz.  The  speech  of  a  Creek  Indian  against  the  immoderate  use  of 
spirituous  liquors,"  &c.     M.  R.  x.  p.  285. 

3  *A  MEMORIAL  of  the  case  of  the  German  emigrants  settled  in 

the  British  colonies  of  Pennsylvania,  and  in  the  back  parts  of 

Maryland,  Virginia,  &c.  ....  London. 

Quarto. 

Col.  Aspinwall  and  British  Museum. 

4  *The  conduct  of  the  French  with  regard  to  Nova  Scotia,  from 

its  first  settlement  to  the  present  time.  In  which  are  exposed, 
the  falsehood  and  absurdity  of  their  arguments  to  elude  the 
treaty  of  Utrecht,  and  support  their  unjust  proceedings.  In 
a  letter  to  a  Member  of  Parliament.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 
"  Our  author  has  given  a  regular,  and  as  it  appears  to  us  an  authentic, 
account  of  the  several  proprietors  of  these  countries,  from  their  first  settle- 
ment by  Europeans,  as  well  as  of  the  treaties  that  have  been  concluded 
relative  thereto.  Both  the  quantity  and  quality  prove  its  coming  from 
the  hand  of  no  common  catchpenny  writer."     M.  R.  xi.  p.  472. 

5  Serious  considerations  on  the  present  state  of  the  affairs  in 

the  northern  colonies.  By  Archibald  Kennedy,  esq.     London. 
8vo. 

6  A  letter  from  a  Russian  sea-officer  to  a  person  of  dis- 

tinction at  the  court  of  Petersburgh.     Containing  his  remarks 
on  Mr.   de  I'lsle's  chart  and  memoir,   relative   to    the  new 
discoveries    northward    and   eastward    from    Kampschatka. 
Together  with  some  observations  on  that  letter.     By  Arthur 
Dobbs,    esq.    governor   of    North   Carolina.      To   which    is 
added,    Mr.    de    I'lsle's   explanatory   memoir  on    his   chart, 
published  at    Paris,  and    now  translated   from  the  original 
French.  .......  London. 

8vo.  pp.  83. 

"  This  pamphlet  relates  chieil3-  to  the  attempts  that  have  been  so  worthily 
made  by  Mr.  Dobbs  and  other  gentlemen,  associated  for  the  patriot  pur- 
pose of  discovering  a  N.  W.  passage  to  the  South  Seas."  Monthly 
Review,  x.  p.  320. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova,  107 

7  The  natural  history  of  Carolina,  Florida,  and  the  Bahama    1754. 

Islands,  with  figures  coloured  after  the  life.  By  Mark  Catesby. 
The  second  edition.  .....         London. 

Folio,  2  vols.  220  plates. 

See  1731  and  17T]. 

8  De  modo  frobabilioki,  quo  primse   in  Americam  Septentrio- 

nalem  immigrationes  sunt  factse.    Ottonis  Christi.  de  Lohen- 

schiold.  .......  Tuhingce. 

Quarto. 

Meusel,  iii.  2.  p.  92. 

9  Arte  de  la  lenoua  Mexicana,    dispuesto   por  D.  Joseph 

Augustin  de  Aldama  y  Guevara,  presbytero  de  el  Arzobis- 
pado  de  Mexico.       ......         Mexico. 

Small  8vo. 

10  Arte  y  vocabui.ario  de  la    lengua  Quicha,  general  de 

los  Indios  de  el  Peru.  Que  compuso  el  Padre  Diego  de 
Torres  Rubio  de  la  Compania  de  Jesus,  y  anadio  el  P.  Juan 
de  Figueredo  de  la  misma  Compania.  Ahora  nuevaraente 
aumentado,  &c.  por  un  Religioso,  &c.  .         .         Lima. 

Small  Svo. 

11  HiSTORiA  DE   LA  CoMPANiA  DE  Jesus  de    la  provincia  del 

Paraguay.     Escrita  por  el  Padre  Pedro  Lozano  de  la  misma 
Compania.       .......          Madrid. 

Folio,  2  vols. 

The  second  volume  has  the  date  of  1755.  The  author  was  many  years  a 
missionary  in  Paraguay.  He  published  in  1733  an  interesting  account  of 
the  Great  Chaco,  in  the  interior  of  South  America.  The  present  work, 
which  appears  to  be  very  little  known,  contains  the  history  of  the  acts  of 
the  Jesuits  in  Paraguay,  and,  notwithstanding  a  large  portion  of  "jesuiti- 
cal  chaff,"  is  an  important  addition  to  the  history  of  that  country.  These 
two  volumes  appear  to  be  only  a  part  of  what  the  work  was  intended  to 
be.  Funes,  in  his  Historia  Civil  del  Paraguay  (1816),  speaks  highly  of 
Father  Lozano,  and  mentions  a  civil  history  of  the  same  country  being 
extant  in  manuscript  by  him.  He  says  that  his  esprit  de  corps  sometimes 
causes  him  to  fall  into  illusions,  and  that  his  style  is  redundant  and 
heavy  ;  but  that,  in  other  respects,  no  writer  is  more  diligent,  more  exact, 
and  more  sincere. 

12  CoNSTiTUCiONES  sYNODALEs  del  Ar9obispado  de  los  Reyes  en 

el    Peru.      Hechas   y    ordenadas  por  el   111.   y   Rev.  S.  D. 


108  Biblioiheca  Americana  Nova. 

1754.  Bartholome  Lobo  Guerrero,  y  publicadas  en  la  Synodo  Dio- 

""^^  cesana  del  ano  de  1613.        .         .         En  los  Reyes  (Lima.) 

Folio. 

First  printed  in  Lima  in  1614.  This  volume  contains  also  a  reprint  of  the 
Synod  of  1636  ;  and  various  edicts  of  the  Archbishop  of  Lima,  issued  in 
the  same  year  in  which  the  volume  was  printed. 

13    Americanisches    ackerwerk    Gottes  :    oder    zuveilassige 

nachrichten    den    zustand    der    Americanisch,     Englischen, 

und  von  Salzburgischen   Emigranten   erbauten  Pflantzstadt 

Ebenezer  in  Georgien  betreffend  aus  dorther  eingeschickten 

glaubwurdigen  Diarien  genommen,  und  mit  Briefen  der  dasi- 

gen  herren  Prediger  noch  weiter  bestattiget.     Herausgegeben 

von  Samuel  Urlsperger.  ....         Augsburg. 

Small  4to.  Vol.  1. 

The  second  volume  of  this  work,  which  is  a  continuation  of  the  Aus/uhrliche 

Nachrichten,  1735,  was  published  in   1755;  the  third,  in  1756,  with  a 

supplement  in  1760.     A  fourth  volume,  apparently  unknown  to  Meusel, 

was  published  by  Johann   August   Urlsperger  in  1767.      The   honest 

Saltzburgers,  who  formed  the  settlement  of  Ebenezer,  on  the  Savannah 

river,  appear  to  have  been   as  industrious  with  their  pens  as  with  their 

ploughs:  the  printed  books  relating  to  their  little  colony  would  form  a 

small  library. 

MDCCLV. 

1  The  present  state  of  North  America.    Part  I.  London. 
Quarto. 

"  This  first  part  contains  only  three  chapters,  of  eight,  which,  we  are  told, 
the  whole  of  this  performance  is  intended  to  consist  of :  in  these  we  find 
very  little  but  what  has  been  retailed  before,  either  in  the  magazines 
or  newspapers."  M.  R.  xii.  p.  484.  Taken  principally  from  Dumont's 
Histoire  et  Commerce  des  Colonies  Angloises  dans  I'Amerique  Septen- 
trionale,  printed  in  the  same  year.  Gent.'s  Mag,  xxv.  p.  238, 

2  A  CONCISE  DEscuiPTioN  of  the  English  and  French  possessions 

in  North  America,  for  the  better  explaining  of  the  map  pub- 
lished with  that  title.  By  /.  Palairety  agent  of  their  High 
Mightinesses  the  States-general  of  the  United  Provinces. 

8vo.  pp.  72.  London. 

Printed  at  the  same  time  in  French. 

3  State  of  the  British  and  French  colonies  in  North  Ame- 

rica, with  respect  to  number  of  people,  forces,  forts,  Indians, 
trade,    and    other   advantages.       In    which    are   considered  : 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  109 

1.  The  defenceless  condition  of  our  plantations,  and  to  what   1755. 
causes  owing.  2.  Pernicious  tendency  of  the  French  encroach-     "^"^"^ 
ments,  and  the  fittest  methods  of  frustrating  them.    3.  What 
it  was  that  occasioned  their  present  invasion,  and  the  claims 
on  which  they  ground  their  proceedings.      With  a  proper  ex- 
pedient proposed    for   preventing  future    disputes.     In  two 
letters  to  a  friend.  .....  London. 

8vo. 
"The  defenceless  condition  of  our  plantations  is  by  this  author  ascribed  to 
a  disunion  among  our  colonies  in  North  America,  an  abuse  of  power  in 
former  governors,  and  the  defection  of  our  Indian  allies  ;  which  last  he 
imputes  to  our  ill  treatment  of  those  allies.  The  second  letter  is 
intended  to  give  a  general  view  of  the  British  colonies,  and  the  number  of 
inhabitants,  which,  our  author  thinks,  ought  to  be  placed  at  about 
900,000.  We  must  remark  that  this  gentleman  does  not  pretend  to  anj 
personal  knowledge  of  the  countries  he  treats  of,  nor  have  we  any  assu- 
rance of  the  authenticity  of  his  relations  or  computations  :  however,  'tis 
certain  he  has  made  some  very  pertinent  reflections.'^   M.  R.  xii.  p.  483 « 

4  Observations  on  the  late  and  present  conduct  of  the  French, 

with  regard  to  their  encroachments  upon  the  British  colonies 

in  North  America  :    together  with  remarks  on  the  importance 

of  those  colonies  to  Great  Britain.     By  William  Clarke,  M.D. 

of  Boston,  in  New  England.     To  which  is  added,  wrote  by 

another  hand,  observations  concerning  the  increase  of  mankind, 

peopling  of  countries,  &c.         ....         London. 

8vo. 

This  pamphlet,  which  was  first  printed  at  Boston,  is  commended  in  the 

Monthly  Review,  vol.  xiii.  p.  400. 

5  The  French  encroachment   exposed;   or,   Britain's  original 

right  to  all  that  part  of  the  American  continent  claimed  by 
France  fully  asserted  :    wherein  it  appears  that  the  honour 
and  interest  of  Great  Britain  are  equally  concerned,  from  the 
conduct  of  the  French  for  more  than  a  century  past,  to  vindi- 
cate her  rights,  &c.  .....         London. 

8vo. 
"The  author's  zeal  for  his  country  is  expressed  in  furious  declamation 
against  its  enemies,  and  in  these  declamations  his  merit,  as  a  writer,  seems 
chiefly  to  consist."    M.  R.  xiii.  p.  508. 

6  Two  LETTERS  to  a  friend  on  the  present  critical  conjuncture  of 

affairs  in  North  America.  ....         London. 

Svo. 


no  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1755.  Reprinted  from  the  New  England  edition.     The  first  of  these  letters  is  only 

,_^^^  a  new  edition  of  the  following  article  : 

7  A  LETTER  TO  A  FRIEND',    giving  a  conclse,  but  just  account, 

according  to  the  advices  hitherto  received,  of  the  Ohio  defeat; 
pointing  out  the  many  good  ends  this  inglorious  event  is 
naturally  adapted  to  promote,  &c.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

This  tract  was  first  printed  in  Boston,  N.E. 

8  Second  letter  to  a  friend,  giving  a  more  particular  narrative  of 

the  defeat  of  the  French  army  at  Lake  George. 

Quarto.  Boston,  N.E. 

Harvard  College  Cat. 

9  Letter  from  a  West  India  Merchant  concerning  that  part  of  the 

French  proposals  which  relates  to  North  America,  and  par- 
ticularly Newfoundland. 
Quarto. 
Harvard  College  Cat. — No  place   or  date,  but  probably  printed  about  this 
time. 

JO  The  expedition  of  Major  General  Braddock  to  Virginia,  with 
the  two  regiments  of  Halket  and  Dunbar,  being  extracts  of 
letters  from  an  officer  in  one  of  those  regiments,  to  his  friend 
in  London,  describing  the  march  and  engagement  in  the  woods, 
&c.  ........         London. 

Svo. 
"A  vile  misrepresentation  of  every  thing  that    the    worthless,  unknown 
scribbler,  undertakes  to  describe.''     M.  R.  xiii.  p.  300. 

11  An  ACCURATE  description  of  Cape  Breton.  .         London. 

Svo.? 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1755. 

12  The  wisdom  and  policy  of  the  French,  in  the  construction  of 

their  great  offices,  so  as  best  to  answer  the  purposes  of  extend- 
ing their  trade  and  commerce,    and  enlarging  their  foreign 
settlements.     With  some  observations  in  relation  to  the  dis- 
putes now  subsisting  between  the  English  and  French  colonies 
in  America.  ......         London. 

Svo. 
This  performance  seems  more  especially  intended  as  an  introduction  to  the 
following : 

13  A  MISCELLANEOUS  ESSAY,  conccming  the  courses  pursued  by 

Great  Britain,  in  the  affairs  of  her  colonies.     With  some  ob- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Noi^a.  HI 

servations  on    the   great   importance  of  our  settlements  in    1755. 
America,  and  the  trade  thereof.         .         .         .         London.     ^'^^ 
8vo. 
"After  haying  pointed  out  the  inconveniences  the  inhabitants  of  our  Ame« 
rican  colonies  are  exposed  to,  for  want  of  sufficient  checks  on  their  gover- 
nors, our  author  hopes  that  it  will  be  thought  for  the  service  of  the  crown 
and  of  the  subject  to  regulate  offices  so  as  to  bring  every  matter  of  im- 
portance to  the  view  of  the  crown,  &c.      The  reasons  urged  in  favor  of 
these  regulations  are  plausible,  if  not  altogether  convincing,  and  have  the 
merit  of  being  modestly  offered.     The  author  appears  to  us  to  have  taken 
much  pains  to  inform  himself  on  the  subject  he  has  considered,  and  is  far 
from  being  a  mean  writer. "     M.  R.  xii.  p.  153. 

14  A  BRIEF  STATE  of  the  provlncc  of  Pennsylvania,  in  which  the 

conduct  of  their  Assemblies  for  several  years  past  is  imparti- 
ally examined,  and  the  true  cause  of  the  continual  encroach- 
ments of  the  French  displayed,  more  especially  the  secret 
design  of  their  late  unwarrantable  invasion  and  settlement 
upon  the  river  Ohio.  To  which  is  annexed,  an  easy  plan  for 
restoring  quiet  in  the  public  measures  of  that  province,  and 
defeating  the  ambitious  views  of  the  French  in  time  to  come. 
In  a  letter  from  a  gentleman  who  has  resided  many  years  in 
Pennsylvania  to  his  friend  in  London.  The  second  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  45.  London. 

From  the  answer  to  this  pamphlet  it  would  appear  that  its  author  was 
'*  Parson  Smith,''  probably  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  author  of  Discourses, 
&c.  1759,  assisted,  according  to  a  ms.  note  in  a  copy  of  the  same  work, 
by  Dr.  Franklin.  See  Monthly  Review  xii.  p.  192,  where  several  pages 
of  extracts  from  it  will  be  found. 

15  An  akswer  to  an  invidious  pamphlet  intituled  A  brief  state  of 

the  province  of  Pennsylvania.      Wherein  are  exposed  the 
many  false  assertions  of  the  author  or  authors,  of  the  said 
pamphlet,  with  a  view  to  render  the  Quakers  of  Pennsylvania 
and  their  government  obnoxious  to  the  British  parliament  and 
ministry  ;  and  the  several  transactions,  most  grossly  misrepre- 
sented therein,  set  in  their  true  light.  .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  80. 
Written,  according  to  a  ms.  note  on  tlie  title,  by  Mr.  Cross,  a  Counsellor,  a 
long  time  resident  in  North  America.''      In  the  "  Brief  View,"   1756,  this 
answer  is  "  said  to  be  the  production  of  one  -j-  formerly  an  attorney's  clerk, 
who  was  convicted  of  forgery,  sentenced  to  be  hanged,  but  after  some  time 
obtained  the  favour  of  transportation  ;  and  did  us  the  honour  to  take  up  bi.4 
residence  in  this  province,''  &c. 


112  BibliotJteca.  Americana  Nova. 

17.55.    16  Geographical,    historical,    political,  philosophical,  and 
"''^  mechanical  essays.       The  first,  containing  an  analysis  of  a 

general  map  of  the  middle  British  colonies  in  America,   and 
of  the  country  of  the  confederate  Indians;    a  description  of 
the  face  of  the  country ;  the  boundaries  of  the  confederates; 
and  the  maritime  and  inland  navigations  of  the  several  rivers 
and  lakes  contained  therein.      By  Lewis  Evans.     The  second 
edition.  .  .  .  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Quarto,  pp.  32.  .      ; 

Printed  by  B.  Franklin  and  D.  Hall.     A  second  part  was  published  in  J 756. 

17  A  TREATISE  upon  husbandry  or  planting.    By  William  Belgrove, 

a  regular  bred  and  long  experienced  planter,  of  the  island  of 
Barbadoes.  And  may  be  of  great  use  to  the  planters  of  all 
the  West  India  Islands.  D.  Fowle,  Boston^  N.E. 

Small  4to.  pp.  86. 

18  A  PHILOSOPHICAL  and  practical  essay  on  the  gold  and  silver 

mines  of  Mexico  and  Peru  :  containing  the  nature  of  the  ore, 
and  the  manner  of  working  the  mines ;  the  qualities  and  use 
of  quicksilver ;  the  cleansing  and  refining  these  metals,  &c. 
Translated  from  a  letter  wrote  in  Spanish  by  Father  James 
Hernandez,  of  the  society  of  Jesus,  employed  by  his  Catholic 
Majesty  to  write  the  natural  history  of  the  West  Indies. 
8vo.  pp.  86.  London. 

19  A  MAP  OF  THE  British  and  French  dominions  in  North  Ame- 

rica, by  John  Mitchell.    Engraved  by  Kitchen.  Pub.  Feb.  13, 
1755.  London. 

Atlas  Folio,  8  sheets. 

20  *A  POCKET  MIRROR  foF  North  America. 

12mo.  (Lojidon  ?) 

In  the  British  INluseum. 

21  A  SUMMARY,  HISTORICAL  AND  POLITICAL,  of  the  first  planting, 

progressive  improvements,  and   present  state  of  the  British 

settlements  in  North  America,  &c.  By  William  Douglass,  M.D. 

8vo.  2  vols.  London. 

An  exact  reprint  of  the  Boston  edition  of  1749.     Some  copies  have  the 

date  of  1760. 

22  The  memorials  of  the  English  and  French  commissaries  con- 

cerning the  limits  of  Nova  Scotia  or  Acadia.  London. 

Quarto. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  113 

23  The  memorials  of  the  English  and  French  commissaries  con-    1755. 

cerning  St.  Lucia.  .....          London.     ^^*^ 

Quarto. 
By  the  titles,  these  two  articles  would  appear  to  be  distinct  works,  but  they 
are  distinguished  at  the  bottom  of  the  pages  as  volumes  one,  and  two. 
Prefixed  to  the  first  is  the  following 
"Advertiskment.     Some  of  the  memorials  which  have  been  respectively 
delivered  by  the  English  and  French  commissaries,  concerning  the  limits 
of  Acadia  or  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  right  to  St.  Lucia,  having  been  printed 
at  Paris,  it  has  been  thought  necessary  to  print  at  London  this  edition 
•  of  ALL  the  memorials  upon  these  points,  in  the  same  form  in  which  they 

were  delivered." 

24  Memoires  des  commissaires  du  Roi  et  de  ceux  de  sa  Majeste 

Britannique,  sur  les  possessions  et  les  droits  respectifs  des 
deux  couronnes  en  Amerique  ;  avec  les  actes  publics  et  pieces 
justificatives.  Tome  premier,  contenant  les  memoires  sur 
TAcadie  et  sur  I'lsle  de  Sainte  Lucie. 

• Tome  second,  contenant  les  traites  et  actes  publics 

concernant  I'Amerique  en  general,  et  les  pieces  justificatives 
des  memoires  sur  les  limites  de  I'Acadie. 

' Tome  troisieme  contenant  les  pieces  justificatives 

concernant  la  propriete  de  I'isle  de  Sainte  Lucie. 

Tome  quatri^me,  contenant  les  derniers  memoires 

sur  TAcadie,  et  un  memoire  des  commissaires  du  Roi  sur  I'isle 
de  Tobago.  .....  .          Paris. 

Quarto,  4  vols. 
The  fourth  volume  was  printed  in  1757,  and  is  seldom  found  with  the  other 
three.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Holmes,  in  the  second  edition  of  his  Annals  of 
America,  the  most  perfect  work  of  the  kind  ever  published,  calls  this 
"an  invaluable  collection  of  official  papers  and  documents." 
The  authors  of  these  memoirs  were  M.  M.  de  Silhouette,  de  la  Galissoniere, 
and  particularly  the  Abbe  de  la  Ville,  an  ex-jesuit.  Barbier.  An  edition, 
in  8  vols.  12mo.  was  printed  in  1756. 

25  *Memoires  des  Commissaire  de  sa  majeste  tres  Chretiennes 

et  de  ceux  de  sa  majeste  Britannique,  sur  les  possessions  et 

les  droits  respectifs  des  deux  couronnes  en  Amerique,  &c. 

12mo.    2  vols.  Cnpenhague. 

Probably  taken  from  No.  24. 

26  *DiscussiON  soMMAiKE  sur  les  anciences  limites  de  I'Acadie. 
12mo.  Basle. 

Written  by  M.  Pidansat  de  Mairobert.     It  gave  offence  to  the  English  com- 
missaries,  who  published  an  answer  to  it  in  1756. 


114  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1755.   27  *La  conduite  des  FRAN901S  par  rapport  k  la  Nouvelle  Ecosse. 
»^^  Traduit  de  I'Anglois,  avec  des  notes  d'un  Fran9ois. 

12mo.  Londres. 

This  appears  to  be  a  translation  of  No.  4  of  1754.  Barbier  says  that  the 
original  was  by  Jefferys,  and  that  the  notes  were  written  by  Butel-Du- 
mont,  author  of  the  following  article  : 

28  HiSTOiRE  ET  COMMERCE  des  colonies  Angloises  dans  TAmerique 

septentrionale,  oil  Ton  trouve  I'etat  actuel  de  leur  productions 

et  des  details  curieux  sur  la  constitution  de  leur  gouverne- 

ment,  principalement  sur  celui  de  la  Nouvelle  Angleterre,  de 

la  Caroline  et  de  la  Georgie.  .         d  Londres.  {Paris.) 

12mo. 

By  George  Marie  Butel-Dumont,  author  of  Memoires  sur  la  Louisiane, 

1753,  &c. 

29  *Memoires  pour  la  carte  intitulee  Canada,  Louisiane,  et 

les  terres  Anglaises.     Par  J.  B.  Bourguignon  d'Anville. 
Quarto,  pp.  26.    Map.  Paris, 

30  Remarques  sur  la  carte  de  I'Amerique  septentrionale  com- 

prise entre  le  28*-  et  le  72*-  degre  de  latitude  avec  une  de- 
scription geographique  de  ces  parties.     Par  M.  Bellin,  &c. 
Quarto,  pp.  131.  Paris. 

31  Real  compania  de  comercio  para  las  Islasde  Santo  Domingo, 

Puerto  Rico  y  la  Margarita,  que  se  ha  dignado  S.  M.  conce- 
der  con  diez  registros  para  Honduras,  y  provincias  de  Gua- 
themala  al  comercio  de  la  ciudad  de  Barcelona,  y  su  esta- 
blecimiento  en  la  misma,  &c.  .  .          .         Madrid. 

8vo.  pp.  33. 

32  Razon  de  lo  acaecido  en  la  ciudad  de  San  Francisco  de 

Quito  el  dio  29  de  Avril  de  1755,  hasta  el  dos  de  Mayo 
inclusive.  .......         Sevilla. 

Small  4to.  pp.  4. 

33  Hernandia.     Triunfos  de  la  Fe,  y  gloria  de  las  armas  Espa- 

iiolas.     Poema  heroyco.  Conquista  de  Mexico,  Cabeza  del 
Imperio    Septentrional  de   la   Nueva-Espana.      Proezas  de 
Hernan  Cortes,  catolicos  blasones  militares,  y  Grandezas  del 
Nuevo  Mundo,  &c.     Por  Don  Francisco  Ruiz  de  Leon  :  hijo 
de  la  Nueva  Espana.        .....         Madrid. 

Small  4to. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  115 

34  Representacion  A  S.  M.  C.  D.  Fernando  VI.  por  el  D.  D.    17.5'). 

Gregorio  de  Molleda  y  Clerque  arzobispo  de  la  ciudad  de  la    "^-^ 
Plata  en  los  Reynos  del  Peru  en  solicitud  de  las  providencias 
mas  proporcionadas  y  convenientes  k  la  salud  espiritual  de 
los  Indios  y  para  que  sus  Parrocos  scan  tratados,  con  el  honor 
y  respeto  que  conviene,  &c.  .         .         .         {Madrid^.) 

Folio. 

35  Manual  compendio  de  el  Real  patronato  Indiano,  para  su 

mas  facil  uso  en  las  materias  conducentes  a  la  practica ;  de- 
dicado  al  Rey.  N.  S.  D.  Fernando  VI.  el  aniado.  Por  Don 
Antonio  Joachin  de  Ribadeneyra  y  Barrientos ;  abogado  de 

Mexico. Madrid. 

Small  folio. 

36  Bibliotheca  Mexicana,  sive  eruditorum  historia  virorum  qui 

in  America  Boreali  nati,  vel  alibi  geniti,  in  ipsam  domicilio 
aut  studiis  asciti,  quavis  lingua  scripto  aliquid  tradiderunt. 
Eorum  praesertim  qui  pro  fide  catholica  et  pietate  amplianda 
fovendaque,  egregie  factis  et  quibusvis  scriptis  floruere  editis 
aut  ineditis.  Tomus  primus  exhibens  litteras  A.  B.C.  A.  D. 
Joanne  Josepho  de  Ecuiara  et  Eguren,  Mexicano,  electe  Epis- 
copo  jucatenensis,  &c.  ....  Mcxici. 

Folio. 

"Ex  nova  typograpbia  in  aedibus  autboris  editioni  ejusdem  bibliotbeca 
destinata."  It  is  unfortunate  that  no  more  of  this  important  work  was 
published.  It  is  probable  that  not  many  copies  were  printed  of  this 
volume,  as  it  is  not  often  met  with. 

37  Plantarum    Americarum  :    Fascic.   X.     Continens  plantas 

quas  olim  Carolus  Plumierius,  botanicorum  princeps  detexit, 
eruitque,  atque  in  Insulis  Antillis  ipse  depinxit.     Has  primum 
in  lucem  edidit,  concinnis  descriptionibus  et  observationibus. 
iEneisque  tabulis  illustravit  Joannes  Burmannus,  M.D.  &c. 
Folio,  pp.  2G2.     262  plates.  Amsterdam. 

"  These  ])lates  are  executed  with  tolerable,  but  by  no  means  infiillil)le  ac- 
curacy, being  fur  iiiferir)r  in  neatness  and  correctness  to  wliut  Plumier 
himself  publislied.  The  well-meaning  editor  bus  overloaded  the  book 
with  descriptions  of  bis  own,  necessarily  made  from  the  figures,  and 
tlierefore  entirely  superfluous.  They  are  indeed  not  unfrequently  founded 
in  misapprehension  ;  nor  has  be  been  very  happy  in  the  adaptation  of  his 
materials  to  Linosan  names  and  principles."    Sir  J,  E.  Smith. 


1 16  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1756.  MDCCLVI. 

1  A  FAIR  REPRESENTATION  of  his  Majesty's  right  to  Nova  Scotia, 
or  Acadie.  Briefly  stated  from  the  memorials  of  the  English 
commissaries;  with  an  answer  to  the  objections  contained  in 
the  French  memorials,  and  in  a  treatise  entitled  Discussion 
sommaire  sur  les  anciennes  limites  de  V Acadie.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  64. 
The  French  commissaries  having,  besides  their  voluminous  mimoires,  pub- 
lislied  a  pamphlet,  *'  in  order  to  prejudice  all  the  courts  of  Europe  in 
favour  of  their  unjustifiable  pretensions,"  the  English  commissaries 
thought  proper,  "  to  obviate  the  wrong  impressions  that  these  might 
create,  briefly  to  recapitulate  what  had  been  offered  in  support  of  H.M.'s 
claim,  collected  from  the  English  memorials. 

2  All  the  memorials  of  the  courts  of  Great  Britain  and  France, 
since  the  peace  of  Aix  la  Chapelle,  relative  to  the  limits  of 
the  territories  of  both  crowns  in  North  America,  and  the  right 
to  the  neutral  islands  in  the  West  Indies.  To  which  are  an- 
nexed, two  maps,  one  delineating  the  right  of  Great  Britain, 
and  the  other  the  claim  of  France.  The  French  memorials 
are  translated,  and  the  whole  is  printed  in  English. 

Quarto.  London. 

3  Remarks  on  the  French  memorials  concerning  the  limits  of 
Acadia.  To  which  is  added,  an  answer  to  the  summary  dis- 
cussion.    With  two  maps.         ....         London. 

8vo. 

4  *Reasons  humbly  offered  to  prove  that  the  letter  printed  at  the 
end  of  the  French  memorial  of  justification  is  a  French  for- 
gery, and  falsely  ascribed  to .         London. 

8vo.? 

Gent.'s  Mag.  1756,  p.  453. 

5  *An  account  of  conferences  held,  and  treaties  made,  between 
Major-Gen.  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  the  chief  sachems  and 
warriors  of  the  Mohawks,  Oneidas,  Onondagas,  Cayugas, 
Senegas,  Tuscaroras,  &c.  Indian  nations  in  North  America, 
at  their  meetings,  on  different  occasions,  at  Fort  Johnson,  in 
the  county  of  Albany,  in  the  colony  of  New  York,  in  the 
years  1755  and  1756.  With  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Haw- 
ley  to  Sir  William  Johnson,  written  at  the  desire  of  the 
Delaware  Indians.     And  a  preface,  giving  a  short  account 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  117 

of  the  six  nations;  some  anecdotes  of  the  life  of  Sir  William;    17.56. 
and  notes  illustrating  the  whole:  also  an  appendix,  containing     ^-^ 
an  account  of  conferences  between  several  Quakers  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  some  of  the  heads  of  the  six  nations,  in  April, 
1756.  .......         London. 

8vo. 

M.  R.  XV.  p.  196. 

6  A  BRIEF  STATE  of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania,  &c.  (No.  14  of 

1755.)     Third  edition.      .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  47. 

7  A  BRIEF  VIEW  of  the  conduct  of  Pennsylvania,  for  the  year 

1755  ;  so  far  as  it  affected  the  general  service  of  the  British 
colonies,  particularly  the  expedition  under  the  late  General 
Braddock.     With  an  account  of  the  shocking  inhumanities 
committed  by  incursions  of  the  Indians  upon  the  province,  in 
October  and  November;  which  occasioned  a  body  of  the  inha- 
bitants to  come  down,  while  the  Assembly  were  sitting,  and  to 
insist  upon  an   immediate  suspension  of  all  disputes,  and  the 
passing  of  a  law  for  the  defence  of  the  country.    Interspersed 
with  several  interesting  anecdotes  and  original  papers,  relating 
to  the  politics  and  principles  of  the  people  called  Quakers  : 
being  a  sequel  to  a  late  well-known  pamphlet  entitled  A  brief 
state  of  Pennsylvania.       In  a  second   letter  to  a  friend  in 
London.  .......  London. 

8vo.    pp.  88. 

8  An  answer  to  an  invidious  pamphlet  entitled  A  brief  state  of 

the  conduct  of  Pennsylvania. 
8vo. 

9  A  LETTER  from  New  Jersey,  in  America,  giving  some  account 

and  description  of  that  province.     By  a  gentleman  late  of 

Christ's  College,  Cambridge.     ....         London. 

8vo. 

"In  this  letter  we  have  a  very  slight  account  of  tlie  present  state  of  the 

colony  mentioned  above  :     but  so  little  is  said,  that  it  seems   scarcely 

to    deserve   an  exemi)tion    from  being   ranked    amoii(j   the  catch])enny 

class."     M.  R.  XV.  p.  427, 

10  ^Geographical,  Historical,  Political,  Philosophical,  and  Mecha- 

nical Essays.     No.  II.     By  Lewis  Evans.  .  London. 

Quarto. 


118  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1756.  *' This  second  part  is  employed  in  refuting  a  letter  published  in  the  New 

York  Mercury  of  January  5,  17.56,  containing  objections  to  those  parts  of 
Evans's  general  map  and  analysis  wliich  relate  to  the  French  title  to  the 
country  on  the  N.  W.  side  of  St.  Laurence  river,  &c.  To  which  our 
author  replies  with  the  appearance  of  much  solidity  of  argument,  as  well 
as  honesty  of  intention.  He  was  certainly  a  sensible  man,  a  good  geogra- 
pher, (so  far  at  least  as  concerns  that  part  of  the  world  he  treats  of,)  and 
a  true  friend  to  his  country :  so  that  his  death  may  justly  be  deemed  a 
public  loss."     M.  11.  XV.  p.  312. 

11  An  impartiai,  view  of  the  conduct  of  the  Ministry  in  regard 
to  the  war  in  America,  the  engagement  with  Hesse  Cassel  and 
Prussia,  the  cause  of  throwing  out  the  militia  bill,  and  the 
affairs  in  the  Mediterranean;  in  answer  to  the  many  attacks 
of  pamphleteers.       .  »         .         .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

12  A  NEW  AND  COMPLETE  HISTORY  of  the  British  empire  in 
America.       .......          (London.) 

Svo.  3  vols. 
1  have  a  copy  of  a  work  which  was  commenced  about  this  time,  and  issued 
in  numbers  of  twenty-four  pages  each,  without  any  title-pages,  the  titles, 
as  given  above,  being  found  on  the  tirsl  page  of  two  of  the  three  volumes 
into  which  it  is  divided.  The  Jirst  volume  contains  an  introduction  of 
fifty-two  pages,  and  an  account  of  Hudson's  Bay,  Newfoundland,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  New  England,  in  402  pages.  The  second  continues  the 
history  of  New  England,  and  gives  that  of  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
and  Pennsylvania  ;  490  pages.  The  third  contains  Maryland,  Virginia, 
and  North  Carolina,  ending  abruptly  at  page  272.  The  volumes 
contain  several  very  well  executed  maps  and  plates,  but  the  work  was 
api)arently  left  in  this  unfinished  state,  which  accounts  for  its  being  so 
little  known. 

13  A  NEW  HISTORY   OF  SouTH  AMERICA.     By  Richard  Rolt. 

Svo.  London. 

This  was  intended  to  have  been  followed  by  a  history  of  North  America, 
but  which  apparently  was  never  published. 

14  The  civil  and  natural  history  of  Jamaica  :  in  three 
parts  ;  containing,  i.  an  accurate  description  of  that  island, 
its  situation  and  soil  ;  with  a  brief  account  of  its  former  and 
present  state,  government,  revenues,  produce,  and  trade. 
II.  A  history  of  the  natural  productions,  including  the  various 
sorts  of  native  fossils,  perfect  and  imperfect  vegetables,  qua- 
drupeds, birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  and  insects ;  with  their  proper- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  119 

ties  and  uses  in  mechanics,  diet,  and  physic,  iii.  An  account  1756. 
of  the  nature  of  climates  in  general,  and  their  Hijferent  effects 
upon  the  human  body  ;  with  a  detail  of  the  diseases  arising 
from  this  source,  particularly  within  the  tropics:  in  three 
dissertations.  The  whole  illustrated  with  fifty  copper-plates, 
in  which  the  most  curious  productions  are  represented  of  the 
natural  size,  and  delineated  immediately  from  the  objects.  By 

Patrick  Browne,  M.D London. 

Folio,  pp.  503. 
Republished,  with  a  new  title  and  additional  indexes,  in  1789.  Mr.  Chalmers 
states  that  onlj  250  copies  of  this  work  were  printed,  and  that  all  the 
copper-plates,  as  well  as  tlie  original  drawings,  were  consumed  bv  the 
great  fire  in  Cornhill,  November  7,  1765.  The  first  part  of  the  work, 
containing  tlie  c'nil  history,  is  dispatched  in  twenty-seven  pages ;  the 
second,  which  comprises  the  natural  history,  occupies  the  rest  of  the 
volume ;  the  third  part  mentioned  on  the  title  being  entirely  omitted, 
for  which  the  following  apology  is  given  at  the  end  of  the  volume : 
"  I  would  willingly  have  added  the  three  dissertations  I  proposed  to 
publish  with  this  work,  but,  as  it  has  already  swelled  to  the  limits  I 
designed,  and  that  the  season  is  too  far  advanced  to  finish  the  whole  this 
year,  I  determined  to  publish  the  Civil  and  Natural  History  alone : 
leaving  those,  with  another  on  worm-fevers,  &c.  which  will  make  a  small 
volume  in  8vo.  to  be  printed  the  ensuing  season." 

15  *La  conduite  des    Fran90is  justifiee,  ou  observations  sur 

un  ecrit  intitule   Conduite  des  Francois  a  Vigard  de  la  Nou- 
velle  Ecosse.     Par  M.  D.  L.  G.  D.  C.  Utrecht  et  Paris. 

12mo. 
See  No.  28  of  1755.     The  author,  according  to  Barbier,  was  M.  de  la 
Grange  de  Chessieuz. 

16  *Replique  des  Commissaires  Anglois;  ou  memoire  concernant 

la  Nouvelle  Ecosse.         .....         Za  Haye. 

12mo. 

Harvard  Coll.  Cat. 

17  HisToiRE  DE  Nicolas  I.  Roy  du  Paraguai,  et  Empereur  des 

Mamelus.        ......         A  Saint  Paul. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  88. 
"  Appears  to  have  been  printed  in  Germany,  and  is  the  fabrication  of  some 
needy  and  ignorant  impostor,  who  wrote,  not  for  the  purj)0se  of  injuring 
the  Jesuits,  but  in  the  hope  of  making  money  by  duping  the  curiosity  of 
the  public.  He  makes  Nicolas  Uubiouni,  a  Spaniard  by  birth,  a  rogue  by 
breeding,  and  a  Jesuit  by  profession,  who  raises  a  rebellion  among  the 
Indians  at  Nova  ('olonia,  and  proclaims  himself  King  of  Paraguay,  &c. 


120  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1756.  This  is  set  forth  as  a  true  history  ;  and  the  bookseller  asserts  in  a  prefa- 

tory advertisement,  that  all  which  the  Gazettes  have  published  upon  the 
subject  is  false."    Southey's  Brazil,  iii.  p.  474. 

18  HisToiRE  Du  Paraguay.  Par  le  P.  Pierre  Franqois-Xavier 
de  Charlevoix,  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus.  .  Paris. 

Quarto,  3  vols.  maps. 
An  edition  in  six  volumes  12mo.  was  printed  in  1757.     Translated  into 
German,  and  printed  at  Nuremberg  in   1768,  in  two  volumes  8vo.     In 
English,  in  1709.     In  Latin,  with  notes  and  a  supplement  by  Muriel,  at 
Venice,  in  1779,  in  folio. 

19  La  Colombiade,  ou  la  Foi  portee  au  Nouveau  Monde.  Poeme 
par  Madame  Dubocage.      .....  Paris. 

8vo. 

20  Voyage  X  la  Mer  du  Sud,  fait  par  quelques  officiers  com- 
mandant le  vaisseau  le  Wager.  Pour  servir  de  suite  au 
voyage  de  Georges  Anson.     Traduit  de  I'Anglois.  Lyon. 

Quarto. 
This  volume  is   composed,  rather  than  translated,  from  the  Journals  of 
Messrs.  Bulkely  and  Cummins,  London,  1743;  of  Alexander  Campbell, 
Dublin,  1747;  Anonymous,  London,  1751  ;  and  of  Isaac  Morris,  Du6/in, 
1752. 

21  HisTOiRE  DES  NAVIGATIONS  aux  Terrcs  Australes ;  contenant 
ce  que  Ton  s^ait  des  mceurs  et  des  productions  des  coiitrees 
decouvertes  jusqu'a  ce  jour  ;  et  oil  il  est  traite  de  I'utilite  d'y 
faire  de  plus  amples  decouvertes,  et  des  moyens  d'y  former 
un  etablissement.         ......         Paris. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 
By  the  President  M.  Charles  de  Brosse,  as  is  stated  in  the  Privilege,  at  the 
end  of  the  work.      Translated   into  German,  with   additions  by  J.    C. 
Adelung,  and  printed  at  Halle  in  1767.     For  an  English  translation,  see 
Terra  Australis  Cognita,  1766. 

22  *Reise  NAcn  Pennsylvanien  von  1750  bis  1754.  Von 
Gottlieb  Mittelberger.  ....         Stuttgard. 

Svo. 
Meusel,  iii.  1,  38.5.     A  work  made  up  from  this,  and  from  Kalm,  was  pub- 
lished in  French,  at  Paris,  in  1768. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  121 

1757. 

MDCCLVII. 

1  A  REVIEW  OF  THE  MILITARY  OPERATIONS  in  North  America, 

from  the  commencement  of  the  French  hostilities  on  the  fron- 
tiers of  Virginia,  in  1753,  to  the  surrender  of  Oswego,  on  the 
14th  of  August,  1756.       .....         London. 

Quarto. 
"The  author's  chief  design  is  to  vindicate  Governor  Shirley,  and  asperse 
the  characters  of  those  who  opposed  his  measures."  M.  R.  xvi.  p.  52-1. 

2  North  America  ;  a  descriptive  poem,  representing  the  voyage 

to  America,  a  sketch  of  that  beautiful  country ;  with  remarks 
upon  the  political  humour  and  singular  conduct  of  its  inhabi- 
tants. To  which  are  subjoined,  notes  critical  and  explanatory. 
8vo.  London. 

3  The  contest  in  America  between  Great  Britain  and  France, 

with  its  consequences  and  importance,  giving  an  account  of 
the  views  and  designs  of  the  French,  with  the  interests  of 
Great  Britain,  and  the  situation  of  the  British  and  French 
colonies  in  all  parts  of  America :  in  which  a  proper  barrier 
between  the  two  nations  in  North  America  is  pointed  out, 
with  a  method  to  prosecute  the  war,  so  as  to  obtain  that 
necessary  security  for  our  colonies.  By  an  impartial  hand. 
8vo.  pp.  294.  London. 

The  Monthly  Review  (vol.  xvii.  p.  172)  allows,  "notwithstanding  an 
inequality  of  style,  a  want  of  method,  and  a  disgusting  iteration  of  the 
same  observations,  which  betray  too  much  haste,  that  this  work  abounds 
with  truths,  hitherto  perhaps  not  generally  attended  to,  and  with  obser- 
vations and  jirojjosals  that  indicate  the  author's  knowledge  of  the  subject, 
though  his  hints  mav  not  always  he  practicable,  and  his  ardent  zeal  for 
the  interests  of  Uritain,  though  it  often  betrays  him  into  national  par- 
tiality.''     Written  by  Dr.  Mitchell. 

4  "Remarks  upon  a  letter  published  in  the  London  Chronicle 

or  Universal  Evening  Post,  No.  115.    Containing  an  enquiry 
into  the  causes  of  the  failure  of  the  late  expedition  against 
Cape  Breton.  In  a  letter  to  a  Member  of  Parliament.  London. 
8vo. 

M.  R.  jvii.  p.  470. 


122  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1757.   5  *A  LETTER  to  a  Member  of  Parliament,  on  the  importance  of 
^"^  the  American  colonies,  and  the  method  of  making  them  most 

useful  to  their  mother  country.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

6  *Proposal8  for  uniting  the  English  colonies  on  the  continent 

of  America,  so  as  to  enable  them  to  act  with  force  and  vigour 
against  their  enemies.       .....         London. 

8vo. 

7  *A  LETTER  from  a  merchant  of  the  city  of  London  to  the  R — t 

H — ble  W.  P.,  esq.,  upon  the  affairs  of  North  America  and 
the  West  Indies  ;  our  American  trade  ;  the  destination  of  our 
squadrons  and  convoys  ;  new  taxes,  and  the  schemes  proposed 
for  raising  the  extraordinary  supplies  for  the  current  year. 
8vo.  London. 

The  three  foregoing  from  the  M.  R.  xvi.  p.  171 — 4. 

8  The  conduct  of  the  late  Ministry,  or  Memorial,  containing  a 

summary  of  facts,  with  their  vouchers,  in  answer  to  the  obser- 
vations sent  by  the  English  ministry  to  the  courts  of  Europe, 
&c.  ........         London. 

8vo. 
See  "Mystery  Revealed,'' 1759.      This  work  was  published,  probably  by 
authority  of  the  French  government,  in  consequence  of  a  piece  sent  by 
direction  of  H.  B.  M.  to  most  of  the  courts  of  Europe,  entitled  "  Obser- 
vationt  on  the  Memorial  of  France.'' 

9  The  military  history  of  Great  Britain,   for   1756,   1757. 

Containing  a  letter  from  an  English  officer  at  Canada,  taken 
prisoner  at  Oswego ;  exhibiting  the  cruelty  and  infidelity  of 
the  French,  and  their  savage  Indians,  in  times  of  peace  and 
war;  shewing  their  superior  advantages,  and  the  only  means 
of  redress;  and  impartially  delineating  the  present  state  of  our 
colonies  in  America,  with  some  hints  for  their  future  regulation. 
Also  a  journal  of  the  siege  of  Oswego,  and  the  articles  of  ca- 
pitulation; with  a  particular  table  of  their  inhabitants,  &c. 
8vo.  London. 

*'  A  collection  of  different  papers,  from  different  quarters  ;  and  very  impro- 
perly entitled  a  History.  However,  as  the  materials  have  the  appearance 
of  authenticity,  they  may  possibly  be  of  use  in  future  compilations  ;  but 
certainly  the  public  ought  to  be  told  what  authority  they  come  from.'' 
M.  R.  xvii.  p.  375. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  123 

10  An   enquiry  concerning  the  trade,  commerce,  and  policy  of  1757. 

Jamaica,  relative  to  the  scarcity  of  money,  and  the  causes  and    ^^^ 
bad  effects  of  such  scarcity,  peculiar  to  that  island.    With  cal- 
culations of  the  annual  amount  of  its  inland  commerce,  &c. 
Quarto.  St.  Jago  de  la  Vega. 

Monthly  Review,  xix.  p.  131. 

11  An  account  of  the  life  of  that  ancient  servant  of  Jesus  Christ, 

John  Richardson,  giving  a  relation  of  many  of  his  trials  and 
exercises  in  his  youth,  and  his  services  in  the  work  of  the 
Ministry,  in  England,  Ireland,  America,  &c.       .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  236. 
An  enthusiast  of  the  society  of  Friends,  who  pretended  to  be  in  direct  com- 
munication with  tlie  Almighty,  but  whose  commands  he  could  not  answer 
sometimes  so  fully  as  he  should  have  done,  because  a  violent  humour  fell 
into  one  of  his  legs.  He  was  in  New  England  in  the  time  of  George 
Keith   (about  the  year  1700.) 

12  The  history  of  the  province  of  New  York  from  the  first 

discovery  to  the  year  1732.     To  which  is  annexed,  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  country,  with  a  short  account  of  the  inhabitants, 
their  trade,  religious  and  political  state,  and  the  constitution 
of  the  courts  of  justice  in  that  colony. — "  Lo!  swarming  o'er 
the  new  discovered  world,"  &c.  Thomson.    By  William  Smith, 
A.M.        ........         London. 

Quarto. 
An  edition  in  8vo.  was  printed  in  1776;    and  another  in  1814,  with  a  con- 
tinuution.     A  French  translation  in  1767. 

13  An  account  of  the   European  settlements  in  America. 

In  six  parts,     i.  A  short  history  of  the  discovery  of  that  part 
of  the  world.      ii.  The  manners  and  customs  of  the  original 
inhabitants,     iii.  Of  the  Spanish  settlements.      iv.   Of  the 
Portuguese,     v.  Of  the  French,  Dutch,  and  Danish,     vi.  Of 
the  English.      Each  part  contains  an  accurate  description  of 
the  settlements  in  it,  their  extent,  climate,  productions,  trade, 
genius  and  disposition  of  their  inhabitants;     (he   interests  of 
the  several  powers  of  Europe  with  respect  to  those  settlements; 
and  their  political  and  commercial  views  with  regard  to  each 
other.  .......  Dodsley. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
Written  by  the  celebrated  Edmund  Durke,  and  frequently  reprinted ;    the 
last  time  in  quarto  in  IU08. 


124  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1151 .  14  NoTiciA  DE  LA  CALIFORNIA,  y  de  su  conquista  temporal,  y 
espiritual  hasta  el  tiempo  presente.  Sacada  de  la  historia 
manuscrita,  formada  en  Mexico  ano  de  1739,  por  el  Padre 
Miguel  Venegas,  de  la  Compania  de  .Jesus;  y  de  otras  Noticias 
y  relaciones  antignas  y  modernas.  Aiiadida  de  algunos  mapas 
particulares  y  uno  general  de  la  America  Septentrional,  Asia 
Oriental,  y  Mar  del  sur  intermedio,  formados  sobre  las  Memo- 
rias  mas  recientes,  y  exactas,  que  se  publican  juntamente. 
Small  4to.  3  vols.  Madrid. 

The  learned  Jesuit,  father  Andres  Marcos  Burriel,  deserves  all  the  credit 
that  is  due  to  this  work,  the  manuscript  of  father  Venegas  having  formed 
but  a  small  part  of  the  materials  made  use  of.  An  English  translation  was 
printed  in  1759.  From  this  vicious  and  defective  version,  Meusel  says, 
were  made,  one  in  Dutch,  at  Harlaem,  in  1761  ;  one  in  French,  at  Paris,  in 
1767;  and  one,  in  German,  at  Lemgow,  in  1769. 


MDCCLVIII. 

An  account  of  the  customs  and  manners  of  the  Micmakis 
and  Maricheets  savage  nations,  now  dependent  on  the  govern- 
ment of  Cape  Breton.  From  an  original  French  ms.  letter, 
never  published,  written  by  a  French  abbot,  who  resided  many 
years  in  quality  of  missionary  amongst  them.  To  which  are 
annexed,  several  pieces  relative  to  the  savages,  to  Nova  Scotia, 
and  to  North  America  in  general.       .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  146. 

*An  accurate  and  authentic  account  of  the  taking  of  Cape 
Breton,  in  the  year  1745.  Together  with  a  computation  of 
the  French  fishery  in  that  part  of  the  world;  both  sent  over 
by  Gen.  Pepperell,  who  commanded  in  that  expedition,  in  a 
letter  to  his  friend  Captain  Henry  Stafford,  &c.  From 
•whence  will  appear  the  importance  of  that  island,  and  the 
danger  we  shall  be  in  of  losing  our  superiority  at  sea,  should 
it  now  again  be  restored  to  France.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 
Probably  the  same  as  the  "  Accurate  Journal,"  &c.  printed  at  Ezon  in  1747. 

Memoirs  of  the  principal  transactions  of  the  last  war  between 
the  English  and  French  in  North  America.  From  the  com- 
mencement of  it,  in  1744,  to  the  conclusion  of  the  treaty  at 
Aix  la  Chapelle.     Containing  in  particular,  an  account  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  125 

importance  of  Nova  Scotia  or  Acadia,  and  the  island  of  Cape    1758. 
Breton,  to  both  nations.  ....  London. 

8vo. 

4  The  conduct  of  Major-General  Shirley,  late  commander  in 

chief  of  H.  M.'s  forces  in  North  America,  briefly  stated. 
8vo.  London. 

Apparently  written  bj  Gen.  Shirley  himself. 

5  An  authentic  account  of  the  reduction  of  Louisburg,  in  1758. 

By  a  spectator.         ......  London. 

8vo. 

6  *A  letter  to   the  R.  H.  William  Pitt,  Esq.  from  an  officer  at 

Fort  Frontenac.        ......         London. 

8vo. 
Fort  Frontenac  is  now  Kingston  on  Lake  Ontario.  "  The  author  seems  well 
acquainted  with  the  geography  of  that  country,  and  has  collected  several 
interesting  considerations  that  have  been  dispersed  in  some  late  pamphlets 
and  papers  on  American  affairs.''     M.  R.  xx.  p.  185. 

7  *MiNUTES  OF  A  TREATY  held  at  Easton,  in  Pennsylvania,  by 

the  Lieut.  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  Governor  of  New 

Jersey,  with  the  chief  sachems  and  warriors  of  fifteen  Indian 

tribes,  October  1758.         .         .         .  Woodbridge,  N.  J. 

Folio. 

Col.  Aspinwall's  Catalogue. 

8  The  theatre  of  the  present  War  in  North  America.     With  re- 

flections on  the  great  importance  of  that  war.     By  A.  Y****, 
esq.         ........  London. 

Svo. 

Collected  from  Harris,  Salmon,  and  such  like  authorities.     M.  R. 

9  The  conduct  of  a  noble  commander  in  America  impartially  re- 

viewed.     With  the  genuine  causes  of  the  discontents  at   New 
York  and  Halifax.      And  the  true  occasion  of  the  delays  in 
that  important  expedition.     Including  a  regular  account  of  all 
the  proceedings  and  incidents  in  the  order  of  time  wherein 
they  happened.         ......         London. 

Svo. 
The  design  of  this  pamphlet  is  to  vindicate  Lord  Loudon  from  some  impu- 
tations which  were  thrown  out  against  his  conduct  in  America. 

10  *OccASioNAL  reflections  on  the  importance  of  the  war  in 

America.  .......         London. 

Svo.  pp.  140. 

M.  R.  ZTiii.  p.S60. 


126  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1758.  11  An  account  of  two  missionary  voyages  by  the  appointment 
of  the  society  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  in  foreign 
parts  :  the  one  to  New  Jersey  in  North  America,  the  other 
from  America  to  the  coast  of  Guiney.  By  Thomas  Thomp- 
son, A.M.,  vicar  of  Reculver,  in  Kent.  .  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  87. 

12  An  enquiry  concerning  the  trade,  commerce,  and  policy  of 
Jamaica.  .......  London. 

Quarto. 

13  A  VOYAGE  TO  South  America:  describing  at  large  the 
Spanish  cities,  towns,  provinces,  &c.  on  that  extensive  conti- 
nent. Interspersed  throughout  with  reflections  on  the  genius, 
customs,  manners,  and  trade  of  the  inhabitants;  together  with 
the  natural  history  of  the  country.  And  an  account  of  their 
gold  and  silver  mines.  Undertaken  by  command  of  the  King 
of  Spain,  by  Don  George  Juan  and  Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,both 
captains  of  the  Spanish  navy,  &c.  Translated  from  the  ori- 
ginal Spanish.  ......          London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

See  1748  and  1752.  This  English  translation,  which  is  somewhat  mutilated 
and  abridged,  was  reprinted  in  1760.  in  1772,  and  in  1806. 

14  HiSTOiRE  DE  LA  LouisiANE,  contcnaut  la  decouverte  de  ce 
vaste  pays  ;  sa  description  geographique ;  un  voyage  dans  les 
terres;  I'histoire  naturelle  ;  les  moeurs,  co<itumes,  et  religion 
des  naturels,  avec  leurs  origines ;  deux  voyages  dans  le  Nord 
du  Nouveau  Mexique,  dont  un  jusqu'a  la  Mer  du  Sud  ;  ornee 
de  deux  cartes  el  de  40  planches  en  taille  douce.  Par 
M.  Le  Page  dvi  Pratz.       .....         Paris. 

12mo.  3  vols. 

The  plates  to  this  work  are  barbarous,  particularly  those  of  plants, "which 
remind  one  of  the  cuts  in  the  old  Hortus  Sanitatis.  The  author  appears 
to  have  been  a  very  sensible  and  a  very  worthy  man,  but  with  very  little 
talent  as  a  writer.  His  stile  is  unequal  and  diffuse,  and  his  work  wants 
method.     It  was  translated  into  English  in  1763. 

15  Voyage  au  Nouveau  Monde,  et  histoire  interessante  du  nau- 
frage  du  R.  P.  Crespel  (Recollet)  avec  des  notes  historiques 
et  geographiques.        ......         Paris. 

12mo.  pp.  240. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  127 

Father  Crespel  was  a  missionary  to  Canada,  and  on  his  return  to  France,  1758. 
after  having  spent  ten  years  in  tlie  country,  was  shipwrecked  on  the 
island  of  Anticosta.  The  greater  part  of  the  book  is  taken  up  with  the 
relation  of  the  hardships  and  privations  suffered  by  himself  and  his 
companions,  of  whom  only  seven  survived  out  of  sixty-four  persons. 
M.  R.  xix.  p.  200.     First  printed  at  Frankfort  in  1742. 

16  HrsToiRE  ET  COMMERCE  des  Antilles  Angloises;  oil  Ton  trouve 

I'etat  actuel  de  leur  population,  et  quelques  details  sur  le 

commerce  de  contrabande  des  Anglois  avec  les    Espagnols 

dans  le  Nouveau  Monde.     On  y  a  joint  I'histoire  des  loix 

principales,    qui  concernent  les  colonies   Angloises  etablies 

tant  dans  les  lies,  que  sur  le  continent  de  I'Amerique. 

12  mo.  Paris, 

The  name  of  the  author  of  this  anonymous  work  appears  to  have  escaped 

the  researches  of  the  industrious  Barbier. 

17  Description  geographique  des  Isles  Antilles  possedees 

par  les  Anglois.  S^avoir,  La  Jama'ique,  la  Barbade,  Antigue, 
Montserrat,  S.  Christophe,  Nieves,  I'Anguille,  et  les  Vierges, 
Isles  Lucayes  et  Bermudes.  Pour  joindre  aux  cartes  de  ces 
Isles  qui  ont  ete  dressees  au  deport  des  cartes  et  plans  de  la 
marine.     Par  le  S.  Bellin,  ....         Paris. 

Quarto. 

Engraved  and  printed  title,  maps,  and  plans. 

18  HiSTOIRE  NATURELLE,  CIVILE   ET   GEOGRAPHIQUE    DE     l'OrO- 

NOQUE,  et  des  principales  rivieres  qui  s'y  jettent.  Dans  la- 
quelle  on  traite  du  gouvernement,  des  usages  et  des  costumes 
des  Indians  qui  I'habitent,  des  animaux,  des  arbres,  des  fruits, 
des  resines,  des  herbes,  et  des  racines  medicinales  qui  nais- 
sent  dans  le  Pais.  On  y  a  joint  le  detail  de  plusieurs  con- 
versions remarquables  et  edifiantes.  Par  le  Pere  Joseph 
Gumilla,  de  la  compagnie  de  Jesus,  superieur  des  missions  de 
rOronoque.  Traduite  de  I'Espagnol  sur  la  seconde  edition. 
Par  M.  Eidous,  ci-devant  ingenieur  des  annees  de  S.  M.  C. 

12mo.  3  vols.  Avignon. 

See  1741  and  1745. 

19  Relation  abregee,  concernant  la  republique,  que  les  reli- 

gieux,  nomm^s  Jesuites,  des  provinces  de  Portugal  et  d'Es- 
pagne  ont  etablie  dans  les  pays  et  domaines  d'outremer  de 
ces  deux  monarchies,  et  de  la  guerre,  qu'ils  y  ont  excitee 
et  soutenue  contre  les  armees  Espagnoles  et  Portugueses : 
dressees  sur  les  registres  du  secretariat  des  deux  commissaires 


128  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 

1758.  respectifs  principaux  et  plenipotentiares  des  deux  couronnes, 

et  sur  d'autres  pieces  authentiques.  .  .  .  Paris. 
8vo. 
The  original  of  this  work  is  said  to  have  been  written  in  Portuguese  by  the 
Marquis  de  Pombal.  The  translation  was  made  by  a  person  of  the  name 
of  Pinault.  According  to  Meusel,  it  was  reprinted  in  the  same  year  at 
Amsterdam,  and  also  at  the  Hague,  under  the  title  of  La  Republique  des 
Jesuites  au  Paraguay  renvers^e,  etc. 

20  •Beskrivelse  over  Eylandet  St.  Croix  i  America  i  West- 
Indien.  ....  .  .  Copenhagen. 

Quarto. 

According  to  Meusel,  the  author's  name  was  Haagensen. 

MDCCLIX. 

1  An  historical  review  of  the  constitution  and  government  of 
Pennsylvania,  from  its  origin  ;  so  far  as  regards  the  several 
points  of  controversy  which  have  from  time  to  time  arisen 
between  the  several  governors  of  the  province  and  their  se- 
veral assemblies.  Founded  on  authentic  documents.  "Those 
who  would  give  up  essential  liberty  to  purchase  a  little 
TEMPORAL  SAFETY,  dcscrve  neither  liberty  nor  safety." 

8vo.  London. 

Written  by  Dr.  Franklin. 

2  A  true  a\d  impartial  state  of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania. 
Containing  an  exact  account  of  the  nature  of  its  government; 
the  power  of  the  proprietaries  and  their  governors,  &c. 
Being  a  full  answer  to  the  pamphlets  entitled  A  brief  state, 
and  A  brief  view,  &c.  of  the  conduct  of  Pennsylvania. 

8vo.  Philadelphia. 

2  The  life  of  General  James  Wolfe,  the  conqueror  of  Ca- 
nada ;  or  the  elogium  of  that  renowned  hero,  attempted  ac- 
cording to  the  rules  of  eloquence,  &c.  by  J***  p****^  A.M. 
Quarto.  London. 

According  to  the  Monthly  Review,  a  performance  of  no  merit  whatever. 
4  An  enquiry  into  the  causes  of  the  alienation  of  the  Delaware 
and  Shawanese  Indians  from  the  British  interest,  and  into 
the  measures  taken  for  recovering  their  friendship.  Extracted 
from  the  public  treaties  and  other  authentic  papers  relating 
to  the  transactions  of  the  government  of  Pennsylvania  and 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  129 

ihe  said  Indians,  for  near  40  years,  and  ex  olained  by  a  map   1 759. 
of  the  country.      Together  with  the   remarkable  journal  of    ^"^ 
Christian  Frederic  Post,  (&c.  &c.  &c.)      Written  in  Penn- 
sylvania. .......          London. 

8vo.  pp.  184,  and  map. 

Discourses  ow  several  public  occasions  during  the  war  in 
America.  Preached  with  a  view  to  the  explaining  the  impor- 
tance of  the  protestant  cause  in  the  British  colonies ;  and  the 
advancement  of  religion,  patriotism,  and  military  virtue. 
With  an  appendix,  &c.  By  William  Smith,  D.D.  provost 
of  the  college  and  academy  of  Philadelphia.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  246. 
A  second  edition  was  printed  in  1763,  with  additions  ;  and  again  in  1803, 
with  the  other  works  of  the  author. 

The  mystery  revealed;    or  truth  brought  to  light :   being  a 
discovery  of  some  facts  in  relation  to  the  conduct  of  the  late 
M — y.  .......  London. 

8vo.  pp.  320. 
We  too  have  a  mystery  to  reveal,  says  the  Monthly  Reviewer,  the  present 
publication  being  no  other  than  an  old  pamphlet,  first  published  in  1757, 
under  the  title  of  The  conduct  of  the  late  Ministry,  &c.     See  Monthly  Re- 
view, ivi.p.  468,  and  xx.  p.  379. 

French  and  Indian  cruelty:  exemplified  in  the  life  and 
various  vicissitudes  of  fortune  of  Pe<er  Williamson.  Contain- 
ing a  particular  account  of  the  manners,  customs,  and  dress 
of  the  savages;  of  their  scalping,  burning,  and  other  barbarities, 
committed  on  the  English  in  North  America,  during  his  resi- 
dence among  them:  being  at  eight  years  of  age  stolen  from 
his  parents,  and  sent  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  sold  as  a 
slave ;  afterwards  married,  and  settled  as  a  planter,  till  the 
Indians  destroyed  his  house,  and  every  thing  he  had,  and 
carried  him  off  a  captive;  from  whence,  after  several  months 
captivity,  he  made  his  escape,  and  served  as  a  volunteer  and 
soldier  in  many  expeditions  against  them.  Comprehending, 
in  the  whole,  a  summary  of  the  transactions  of  the  several 
provinces  in  America ;  particularly  those  relative  to  the  in- 
tended attack  on  Crown-point  and  Niagara.  And  an  accurate 
and  succinct  detail  of  the  operations  of  the  French  and  English 
forces  at  the  siege  of  Oswego,  where  the  author  was  wounded 


130  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

17.59.  and  taken  prisoner.    Also  a  curious  discourse  on  kidnapping. 

^^  Written  by  himself.     The  fourth  edition,  with  considerable 

improvements.  ......  London. 

12mo. 

8  God's  protecting  Providence,  man's  surest  help  and  defence 

in  times  of  greatest  difficulty  and  most  eminent  danger,  evi- 
denced in  the  remarkable  deliverance  of  Robert  Barrow,  with 
divers  other  persons,  from  the  devouring  waves  of  the  sea, 
amongst  which  they  suffered  shipwreck,  and  also  from  the 
cruel  devouring  jaws  of  the  inhuman  cannibals  of  Florida  (in 
1696.)  Faithfully  related  by  one  of  the  persons  concerned 
therein,  Jonathan  Dickenson.     Fourth  edition,  London. 

12mo. 
First  printed  in  the  year  1700,  at  which  time  President  Dickenson,  of  New 

Jersey,  to  whom  it  has  been  attributed,  was  but  twelve  years  of  age.     It 

was  printed  in  German  at  Frankfort  in  1774. 

9  Considerations  on  the  importance  of  Canada,  and  the  bay  and 

river  of  St.  Lawrence  ;    and  of  the  American  fisheries  depen- 
dent on  the  islands  of  Cape  Breton,  St.  John's,  Newfoundland, 
and  the  seas  adjacent.       .....         London. 

8vo. 

10  Candid  reflexions  on  the  expedition  to  Martinico;  with  an 

account  of  the  taking  of  Guardaloupe,  &c.  By  J.  J.  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  navy.  .....  London. 

8vo. 

"Made  up  from  the  newspapers."  M. R. 

11  An  account  of  the  expedition  to  the  West-Indies,  against 

Martinico,  Guadaloupe,  and  other  the  Leeward  Islands,  subject 
to  the  French  King,  1759.  By  Richard  Gardiner,  esq.  cap- 
tain of  marines  on  board  H.M's.  ship  Rippon,  on  the  expe- 
dition. .......         London. 

Quarto. 

See  1762. 

12  An  enquiry  concerning  the  trade,  commerce,  and  policy  of 

Jamaica,  relative  to  the  scarcity  of  money,  and  the  causes  and 
bad  effects  of  such  scarcity,  peculiar  to  that  island,  &c. 
Quarto.  London. 

First  printed  at  St.  Jago  de  la  Vega  in  the  year  1757. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  131 

13  A  NATURAL  AND  CIVIL  HISTORY  OF  CALIFORNIA;  Containing   1759. 

an  accurate  description  of  that  country,  its  soil,  mountains,  "^^^^ 
harbours,  lakes,  rivers,  and  seas ;  its  animals,  vegetables, 
minerals,  and  famous  fishery  for  pearls.  The  customs  of  the 
inhabitants,  their  religion,  government,  and  manner  of  living, 
before  their  conversion  to  the  Christian  religion  by  the  mis- 
sionary Jesuits.  Together  with  accounts  of  the  several  voyages 
and  attempts  made  for  settling  California,  and  taking  actual 
surveys  of  that  country,  its  gulf,  and  coast  of  the  South  Sea. 
Illustrated  with  copper  plates,  and  an  accurate  map  of  the 
country  and  the  adjacent  seas.  Translated  from  the  original 
Spanish  of  Miguel  Venegas,  a  Mexican  Jesuit.  Published  at 
Madrid,  1758.    In  two  volumes.         .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

The  original  work  was  printed  at  Madrid,  1757, 

14  A  GENUINE  ACCOUNT  of  the  late  sccret  expedition  to  Martiuico 

and  Guardaloupe,  under  Commodore  Moore  and  General 
Hopson.  Written  at  Guardaloupe  by  a  sea-officer,  who  went 
out  with  Commodore  Hughes.  .          .  .  London. 

Svo. 

15  HisToiRE  de  la  guerre  contre  les  Anglois.  .  Geneve. 
Svo.  pp.  244. 

This  work  relates  almost  entirely  to  the  French  war  in  America.  Accord- 
ing to  Barbier  the  author  was  Poullin  de  Lumina,  who  published  a  continua- 
tion of  the  work  the  following  year. 

16  Preliminar  y  cartas  que  preceden  al  tomo  i.  de  las  memo- 

rias    historico-physicas,   critico-apologeticas   de    la  America 

Meridional.    Su  author  D.  Joseph  Eusebio  Llano  Zapdta. 

Small  Svo.  Cadiz. 

This  author  treats  upon  several  heterogeneous  subjects,  and  incidentally 

endeavours  to  defend   the  humanity  of  the  Spaniards  against  the  good 

bishop  Las  Casas,  one  of  his  arguments  being  that  the  Indians  have  used 

the  Spaniards  still  worse  :  and,  altering  or  mistaking  the  title  of  Las  Casas' 

book,  says,  that  if  he  has  filled  the  world  with  destruction  and  dismay  by 

his  "  Destruction  of  the  Indians  (for  Indies)  by  the  Spaniards,"  greater 

horror  and  dismay  would  be  caused,  if  any  Spaniard,  zealous  for  the  honour 

of  his  nation,  would  write  the  "  Destruction  of  the  Spaniards  by  the 

Indians."     At  p.  238  he  says  that  rare  and  uncommon  books  are  more 

abundant  in  America,  particularly  in   Lima,  than  in  Europe,  &nd  that 

Ciceros  of  1465-6-7,  &c.  are  so  frequently  met  with,  that  the   finding 


132  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 7/)9.  of  copies  is  not  considered  as  any  thing  uncommon.     This  author  wrote 

^^/^  also  a  work  on  the  natural  history  of  America,  which  has  never  been 

published. 
17  *Beskrifning  om  de  Swenska  fbrsamlingers  forna  och  n'ar- 
warande  tilstand  uti  Nye  Swerige.     By  Israel  Acrelius. 
Quarto.  Stockholm. 

Acrelius's  account  of  New  Sweden  is  a  scarce  book,  which  apparently  was 
never  translated  into  any  other  language. 

MDCCLX. 

1  Genuine  letters  and  memoirs,  relating  to  the  natural,  civil, 

and  commercial  history  of  the  islands  of  Cape  Breton  and 
St.  John,  from  the  first  settlement  there  to  the  taking  of 
Louisbourg  by  the  English,  in  1758.    In  which,  among  many 
interesting  particulars,  the  causes  and  previous  events  of  the 
present  war   are  explained.     By    an  impartial  Frenchman. 
Translated  from  the  author's  original  manuscript.        London. 
8vo.  pp.  400. 
These  letters  were  printed  at  the  same  time  in  French.     The  author  was 
Th.  Pichon.     The  work  is  spoken  of  as  impartial,  instructive,  and  enter- 
taining.    M.  R.  vol.  22. 

2  Quebec  :  A  poetical  essay  in  imitation  of  the  Miltonic  stile  ; 

being  a  regular  narrative  of  the  proceedings  and  capital 
transactions  performed  by  the  British  forces  under  the  com- 
mand of  Vice-Admiral  Saunders  and  Major  General  Wolfe, 
in  the  glorious  expedition  against  Canada,  in  the  year  1759. 
The  performance  of  a  volunteer  on  board  H.  M.'s  ship  Somer- 
set, during  the  passage  home  from  Quebec.  The  whole 
embellished  with  entertaining  and  explanatory  notes.  London. 
Quarto. 

3  A  JOURNAL  OF  THE  SIEGE  OF  QuEBEC.    To  which  is  annexed, 

a  correct  plan  of  the  environs  of  Quebec,  and  of  the  battle 
fought  on  the  13th  September,  1759.  Together  with  a  parti- 
cular detail  of  the  French  lines  and  batteries,  and  also  of  the 
encampments,  batteries,  and  attacks  of  the  British  army,  and 
the  investiture  of  that  city,  under  the  command  of  Vice- 
Admiral  Saunders,  Major  General  Wolfe,  Brigadier  General 
Monckton,  and  Brigadier  General  Townshend.     Drawn  from 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  133 

the  original  surveys,  taken  by  the  engineers  of  the  army.    1760. 
Engraved  by  Thomas  JefFerys,  geographer  to  H.  M.  (London.)     ^"^^ 
Quarto. 

4  A  LETTER  TO  AN    HONOURABLE  Brigadier  General,    Com- 

mander in  chief  of  H.  M.'s  forces  in  Canada.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

5  A  REFUTATION  OF  THE  LETTER   to  an  Honourable  Brigadier 

General,  commander  of  H.  M.'s  forces  in  Canada.     By  an 
Officer.     Urit  enimfulgore  suo.         .         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  52. 

Lord  George  Townsend  is  the  Honourable  Brigadier  General  referred  to  in 
these  pamphlets. 

6  The  interest  of  Great  Britain  considered,  with  regard  to 

her  colonies,  and  the  acquisition  of  Canada  and  Guadaloupe. 
To  which  are  added,  Observations  concerning  the  increase  of 
mankind,  peopling  of  countries,  &c.  .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  58. 

This  pamphlet  was  published  by  Dr.  Franklin,  when  residing  in  London  as 
agent  for  Pennsylvania.  A  second  edition  was  printed  in  the  following 
year. 

7  The  history  of  the  colony  of  Massachusett's  Bay,  from 

the  first  settlement  thereof  in  1628,  until  its  incorporation 
with  the  colony  of  Plymouth,  province  of  Main,  &c.  by  the 
charter  of  King  William  and  Queen  Mary,  in  1691.  By 
Mr.  Hutchinson,  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  Massachusett's 
province.     The  second  edition.  .         .         .          London. 

Svo.  pp.  566. 

Some  copies  of  this  edition  have  a  new  title-page  with  the  date  of  1765, 
both  called  the  second  edition.  The  first  edition  was  apparently  printed 
in  Boston,  but  I  cannot  find  it  mentioned  in  any  catalogue,  and  am  there- 
fore unable  to  ascertain  in  what  year.  The  second  volume  was  printed 
in  1768.  Both  volumes  were  reprinted  at  Salem  in  1795.  An  additional 
volume  was  published  by  the  author's  grandson  in  1828.  A  volume  of 
documents  was  printed  in  Boston  in  1769. 

8  A  letter  to  the  R.  R.  Father  in  God  the  Lord  B p 

OF  L N.     Occasioned  by  a  letter  of  his  lordship's  to  the 

L— ds  of  T e,  on  the  subject  of  the  Act  of  Assembly  passed 

in  the  year  1758,  intituled   An  Act  to  enable  the  inhabitants 


134  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1760.  of  this  Colony  to  discharge  their  public  Dues,  8fC.  in  money 

"-•*'  for  the  ensuing  year.     From  Virginia.        .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  60. 

Apparently  first  printed  in  Virginia. 

9  *A    BRIEF  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  WAR  IN  NoRTH  AMERICA  *.  Con- 

taining several  very  remarkable  particulars  relative  to  the 
natural  dispositions,  tempers,  and  inclinations  of  the  un- 
polished savages,  not  taken  notice  of  in  any  other  history. 
With  notes  and  a  dedication  to  George  Drummond.  By  Peter 
Williamson.  ....  .          Edinburgh. 

12mo. 

See  another  work  by  the  same  author,  printed  in  1759.  The  above  title  is 
copied  from  the  catalogue  of  an  Edinburgh  bookseller. 

10  A  POLITICAL  ESSAY  on  the    English   and   French  colonies  in 

Northern  and  Southern  America.    Considered  in  a  new  light. 
By  a  Patriot.  ......  London. 

8vo. 
A  very  trifling  affair,  according  to  the  Monthly  Review,  and  very  little  to 
the  purpose. 

1 1  A  STATE  OF  THE  TRADE  Carried  on  with  the   French,  on   the 

island  of  Hispaniola,  by  the  merchants  of  North  America, 
under  colour  of  flags  of  truce.  Occasioned  by  some  captures 
of  said  flags,  lately  made  by  H.  M.'s  ships  under  the  com- 
mand of  Admiral  Cotes.  By  a  Merchant  of  London.  London. 
8vo. 

12  A   DEFENCE  OF  THE  CONDUCT  OF  Barbadoes,  during  the  latc 

expedition  to  Martinique  and  Guadaloupe.     In  a  letter  to  the 

R.  H.  Gen.  Barrington.    By  a  Native,  resident  in  the  island. 

8vo.  pp.  88.  London. 

13  A  RELATION  OF  THE  MISSIONS  OF'  PARAGUAY.     Wrote  Origi- 

nally in  Italian,  by  M.  Muratori,  and  now  done  into  English 
from  the  French  translation.     ....         Lonhn. 
Svo. 

14  The  natural  and  civil  history  of  the  French  dominions 

in  North  and  South  America.  Giving  a  particular  account  of 
the  climate,  soil,  minerals,  animals,  vegetables,  manufactures, 
trade,  commerce,  and  languages;  together  with  the  religion, 
government,  genius,  character,  manners  and  customs  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  135 

Indians,  and  other  inhabitants.  Illustrated  by  maps  and  plans  1760. 
of  the  principal  places,  collected  from  the  best  authorities,  -^-^ 
and  engraved  by  T.  Jefferys,  geographer  to  his  Royal  High- 
ness the  Prince  of  Wales.  Part  i.  Containing  a  description 
of  Canada  and  Louisiana.  Part  ii.  Containing  part  of  the 
islands  of  St.  Domingo  and  St.  Martin  ;  the  islands  of  St. 
Bartholomew,  Guadaloupe,  Martinico,  La  Grenade,  and  the 
island  and  colony  of  Cayenne.  .          .          .         London. 

Folio,  P.  1.  pp.  168,  and  8  maps  and  plates. 
2.  .  .  246,  .  .  10  ditto  ditto. 

M.  R.  xxii.  p.  81. 

15  Lettres  £t  memoires  pour  servir  k  I'histoire  naturelle,  civile 

et  politique,  du  Cap  Breton,  depuis  son  etablissement  jusqu'a 
la  reprise  de  cette  isle  par  les  Anglois  en  1758. 
12mo.  pp.  327.  A  la  H aye  (London?) 

By  Th.  Pichon.  Barbier.     See  No.  1  of  this  year. 

16  NicoLAi  JosEPHi  Jacquin  enumeratio  systematica  plantarum 

quas  in  Insulis  Caribseis  Americes  continente  detexit  novas, 
aut  jam  cognitas  emendavit.  .  .          .         Lugd.  Bat. 

8vo.  pp.  41. 

MDCCLXI. 

I  Voyages  from  Asia  to  America,  for  completing  the  dis- 
coveries of  the  north-west  coast  of  America.  To  which  is 
prefixed,  a  summary  of  the  voyages  made  by  the  Russians 
on  the  Frozen  Sea,  in  search  of  a  North-east  Passage. 
Serving  as  an  explanation  of  a  map  of  the  Russian  discoveries, 
published  by  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  Petersburgh.  Trans- 
lated from  the  High  Dutch  of  S.  Muller,  of  the  Royal 
Academy  of  Petersburgh.  With  the  addition  of  three  new 
maps.     1.  A  copy  of  part  of  the  Japanese  map  of  the  world. 

2.  A  copy  of  Delisle's  and  Buache's  fictitious  map.     And 

3.  A  large  map  of  Canada,  extending  to  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
containing  the  new  discoveries  made  by  the  Russians  and 
French.     By  Thomas  Jefferys,  geographer  to  his  Majesty. 

Quarto,  pp.  52  and  76.     4  maps.  London. 

Taken  t'roin  the  third  volume  of  MuUer's  Snmmlaiig  RussUcber  Gcschnhtr., 
Petrojiol.  1158.     I'rinted  in  French  in  I76t). 


136  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1761.   2  Journal  of  a  voyage  to  North  America;  undertaken  by 
>^^  order  of  the  French  King.      Containing  the  geographical  de- 

scription and  natural   history  of  that  country,  particularly 
Canada.     Together  with  an  account  of  the  customs,  charac- 
ters, religion,  manners  and  traditions  of  the  original  inha- 
bitants.    In  a  series  of  letters  to  the  Duchess  of  Lesdiguieres, 
Translated  from  the  French  of  P.  de  Charlevoix.        London. 
8vo.  2  vols. 
See  No.  19,  1744.     "This  translation  betrays,  by  numerous  Scotticisms  and 
misrepresentations,  the  hand  of  a  North  Briton,  too  little  acquainted  with 
the   French  and   English   languages  to  read  or  write  either  with  pro- 
priety. M.  R.  xxiii.  p.  417. 

3*  The  importance  of  Canada  considered,  in  two  letters  to  a 

nobleman.        .......         London. 

8vo. 

British  Museum  Cat. 

4  Memoirs  of  the  siege  op  Quebec,  capital  of  all  Canada;  and 

of  the  retreat  of  M.  de  Bourlemaque  from  Carillon  to  the  Isle 
aux  Noix,  in  Lake  Champlain.     From  the  journal  of  a  French 
officer  on  board  the  Chezine  frigate,  taken  by  H.  M.'s  ship 
Rippon.      Compared  with  the  accounts  transmitted  home  by 
Major-General  Wolfe  and  Vice- Admiral  Saunders ;  with  oc- 
casional remarks.     By   Richard  Gardiner,  esq.,  captain  of 
marines  in  the  Rippon.     .....         London. 

Quarto. 

5  A  description  of  South  Carolina;    containing  many  curious 

and  interesting  particulars  relating  to  the  civil,  natural,  and 
commercial  history  of  that  colony,  viz.  the  succession  of 
European  settlers  there ;  grants  of  English  charters ;  bounda- 
ries; constitution  of  the  government;  taxes;  number  of  in- 
habitants, and  of  the  neighbouring  Indian  nations,  &c. ;  the 
nature  of  the  climate;  tabular  accounts  of  the  altitudes  of  the 
barometer  monthly  for  four  years,  of  the  depths  of  rain  monthly 
for  eleven  years,  and  of  the  wind's  direction  daily  for  one  year, 
&c.  The  culture  and  produce  of  rice,  Indian  corn,  and  indi- 
go; the  process  of  extracting  tar  and  turpentine;  the  state  of 
their  maritime  trade  in  the  years  1710,  1723,  1740  and  1748, 
with  the  number  or  tonnage  of  shipping  employed,  and  the 
species,  quantities  and  values  of  their  produce  exported  in  one 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  137 

year,  &c.      To  which  is  added,  a  very  particular  account  of  1761. 
their  rice  trade  for  twenty  years,  with  their  exports  of  raw     """-^ 
silk  and  imports  of  British  silk  manufactures  for  twenty-five 
years.      ........         London, 

8vo.  pp.  110. 

Reasons  for  keeping  Guadaloupe  at  a  peace,  preferable  to 
Canada.     Explained  in  five  letters,  from  a  gentleman  in  Gua- 
daloupe to  his  friend  in  London.         .         .         .         London. 
8vo. 
This  writer  asserts  that  nothing  can  secure  Great  Britain  so  much  against 
the  revolting  of  North  America,  as  the  French  keeping  some  footing  there 
to  be  a  check  upon  them.  M.  R.  xxiv.  p.  440. 


MDCCLXIl. 

Voyages  from  Asia  to  America,  &c.      By  Thomas  JefFerys, 
&c.     Second  edition.        .....         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  8.  120,  and  4  maps. 

See  No,  1  of  1761. 

An  enquiry  into  the  origin  of  the  Cherokees.     In  a  letter  to  a 
member  of  Parliament.      .....         Oxford. 

8vo.  pp.  2.7. 
"  A  mighty  learned  attempt  to  prove  the  Cherokees  to  be  the  descendants 
of  Meshek,  a  son  of  Japhet.'*  M.  R.  xxviii.  p.  164. 

Colonic  Anglicans^  illustrate,  or  the  acquest  of  dominion, 
and  the  plantation  of  colonies  made  by  the  English  in 
America :  with  the  rights  of  the  colonists  examined,  stated, 
and  illustrated.  Part  I.  Containing,  i.  The  plan  of  the  whole 
work,  including  the  proportion  asserting  the  right  of  the 
colonists  intended  to  be  established,  ii.  A  brief  history  of 
the  wars,  revolutions  and  events  which  gave  rise  to  all  the 
marine  discoveries  and  foreign  acquisitions  made  by  the 
modern  Europeans.  iii.  A  survey  of  the  knowledge  and 
opinions  which  the  Europeans  had  of  the  earth  in  times  pre- 
ceding these  discoveries  ;  with  other  matters  relating  to  this 
subject.  IV.  The  particulars  of  the  progress  made  by  the 
Portuguese,  from  their  beginning  these  discoveries  to  the  death 
of  King  John  the  2d,  and  an  account  of  the  grants  made  to 
the  king   of  Portugal  of  the  countries  that  were,  or  might  be 


138  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1762.  discovered,  by  the  bulls  of  several  popes,  with  one  of  them  set 

^-^^  forth  at  large. London. 

Quarto,  pp.  x.  141. 

A  very  learned  work,  but  of  which,  unfortunately,  no  more  was  published. 
The  author  was  William  BoUan,  the  Massachusetts  agent  in  England 
from  1745  to  1762. 

4  An  authentic  journal  of  the  siege  of  the  Havana.      By  an 

officer.     To  which  is  prefixed,  a  plan,  shewing  the  landing, 

encampment,  approaches,  and  batteries  of  the  English  army ; 

with  the  attacks  and  stations  of  the  fleet.  .         London. 

8vo. 

5*  An  authentic  account  of  the  reduction  of  the  Havanna. 

8vo.  London. 

6  The  great  importance  of  the  Havanna,  set  forth  in  an  essay 

on  the  nature  and  methods  of  carrying  on  a  trade  to  the  South 

Sea  and  the  Spanish  West-Indies.     By  Robert  Allen,  esq. 

who  resided  some  years  in  the  kingdom  of  Peru.         London. 

Svo. 

First  printed  in  the  year  1712. 

7  An  account  of  the  Spanish  settlements  in  America.      In 

four  parts,     i.  An  account  of  the  discovery  of  America  by 
the  celebrated  Christopher  Columbus;  with  a  description  of 
the  Spanish  insular  colonies  in  the  West  Indies.       ii.  Their 
settlements  on  the  continent  of  North  America.       iii.  Their 
settlements  in  Peru,  Chili,  Paraguay,  and  Rio  de  la  Plata. 
IV.  Their  settlements  in  Tierra  Firma.    Of  the  different  coun- 
tries in  South  America  still  possessed  by  the  Indians,  &c.  with 
a  description  of  the  Canary  Islands,  &c.        .         Edinburgh. 
8vo.  pp.  528,  and  map. 
At  the  end  are  "  the  accounts  published  by  authority,  of  the  siege  and  sur- 
render of  the  Havannah,  the  chief  town  of  the  island  of  Cuba.'' 

8*  The  American  Gazetteer,  containing  a  distinct  account  of  all 

the  parts  of  the  New  World,  their  situation,  climate,  produce, 

former  and  present  condition.  .  .  .          London. 

8vo.  3  vols. 

Translated  into  Italian  in  1763. 

9  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  Spanish  Islands  and  settlements  on 
the  coastof  the  West  Indies,  compiled  from  authentic  memoirs; 
revised  by  gentlemen  who  have  resided  many  years  in  the 
Spanish  settlements,  and  illustrated  with  32  maps  and  plans, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  139 

chiefly  from  original  drawings  taken  from  the  Spaniards  in  the    1762. 
last  war,  and  engraved  by  Thomas  Jeflferys.         .          London. 
Quarto. 
10  An  account  of  the  expedition  to  the  West  Indies  against 
Martinico,  with  the  reduction  of  Guadaloupe,  and  other  the 
Leeward   Islands,  subject  to  the  French  king,   1759.      By 
Captain   Gardiner,    of  the   King's  Royal  musqueteers,  &c. 
employed  in  this  expedition.     The  third  edition. 
Quarto,  pp.  91,  plates  4.  Birminyham. 

Beautifully  printed  by  Baskerville.  Tliere  are  some  copies  on  large  paper. 
A  French  translation,  occupying  the  same  number  of  pages,  is  generally 
found  with  it.  It  is  probable  that  the  first  and  second  editions  were  also 
printed  in  this  year. 

MDCCLXIII. 

1  An  account  of  the  first   discovery  and  natural  history  of 

Florida.       With  a  particular  detail  of  the  several  expeditions 
and  descents  made  on  that  coast.       Collected  from  the  best 
authorities,   by  William   Roberts.     Illustrated  by  a  general 
map,  and  some  particular  plans,  together  with  a  geographical 
description  of  that  country.        By  T.  Jefferys,  geographer  to 
his  Majesty.  ......         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  102,  7  maps  and  plans. 

2  The  history  of  Louisiana,  or  of  the  western  parts  of  Virginia 

and  Carolina:  containing  a  description  of  the  countries  that 
lie  on  both  sides  of  the  river  Missisipi;  with  an  account  of  the 
settlements,  inhabitants,  soil,  climate,  and  products.  Trans- 
lated from  the  French  (lately  published)  by  M.  le  Page  du 
Pratz,  with  some  notes  and  observations  relatingtoourcolonies. 
I2mo.  2  vols.  London. 

The  original  French  edition  was  printed  at  Paris  in  1758.  This  translation 
was  reprinted  in  octavo  in  1774. 

3  Candid  and  impartial  considerations  on  the  nature  of  the 

sugar  trade  ;    the  comparative  importance  of  the  British  and 
French  islands  in  the  West  Indies  ;  with  the  value  and  con- 
sequence of  St.  Lucia  and  Granada  truly  stated.     Illustrated 
with  copper  plates.  .....          London. 

8vo.  pp.  228. 

"  Upon  the  whole,  we  think  it  a  masterly  performance."   M.  R. 


140  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1763.  4*  Some  hints  to  people  in  power  on  the  present  melancholy 
^'^  situation  of  our  colonies  in  North  America.  .  London. 

8vo. 

In  the  British  Museum. 

5  The  advantages  of  a  settlement  upon  the  Ohio,  in  North 

America  .......         London. 

8vo. 

6  A  SET  OF  PLANS  AND  FORTS  IN  Amkrica.     Reduccd  from  ac- 

tual surveys.  ......         London. 

8vo.  oblong. 
A  set  of  thirty  plans,  without  any  text,  engraved  by  P.  Andrews. 

7  Thoughts  on  trade  in  general  ;  our  West-Indian  in  par- 

ticular, our  Continental  colonies,  Canada,   Guadaloupe ;  and 
the  preliminary  articles  of  peace.     Addressed  to  the  commu- 
nity.       ........         London. 

8vo. 
"The  writer  is  a  cool  dispassionate  advocate  for  Canada  and  the  prelimi- 
nary articles  :   but  we  cannot  greatly  extol  his  talent  for  composition. 
M.R.  xxviii.  p.  157". 

8  Observations  on  the  charter  and  conduct  of  the  Society  for  the 

Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  parts  ;  designed  to  shew 
their  nonconformity  to  each  other.  With  remarks  on  the  mis- 
takes of  East  Apthorp,  M.A.,   missionary  at  Cambridge,  in 
quoting  and  misrepresenting  the  sense  of  said  charter,  &c.  As 
also,  various  incidental  reflections  relative  to  the  Church  of 
England,  and  the  state  of  religion  in  North  America,  parti- 
cularly in  New  England.     By  Jonathan  Mayhew,  D.  D.,  &c. 
•  To  which  is  added,  Apthorp's  Considerations.       .       London. 
8vo.  pp.  164. 
First  printed  at  Boston.     An  answer  was  printed  in  the  following  year, 
which  was  followed  by  Dr.  Mayhew's  reply,  a  review  of  which  was  pub- 
lished in  1765. 

9  Description    Geographique  de  la  Guyane,    contenant  les 

possessions  et  les  etablissemens  des  Francois,  des  Espagnols, 
des  Portugais,  des  Hollandois  dans  ces  vastes  pays.  Le 
climat,  les  productions  de  la  terre,  et  les  animaux,  leurs  habi- 
tans,  leurs  moeurs,  leurs  coutumes,  et  le  commerce  qu'on  y 
peut  faire.  Avec  des  remarques  pour  la  navigation  et  des 
cartes,  plans  et  figures.      Dressees  au  depot  des  cartes  et 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  141 

plans  de  la  marine,  par  le  S.  Bellin,  Ingenieur  de  la  Marine^   1763. 
&c.  .......  A  Paris. 

Quarto. 

iO  Voyage  a  la  Martinique,  contenant  diverse  observations 
sur  la  physique,  rhistoire  naturelle,  I'agriculture,  les  moeurs, 
et  les  usages  de  cette  isle,  faites  en  1751,  et  dans  les  annees 
suivantes.      Lu  a  I'acaderaie  royale  des  sciences  de  Paris,  en 

1761 Paris. 

Quarto. 
Bj  M.  de  Chanvalon :  and  a  highly  esteemed  work  at  the  time  it  was  pub- 
lished.    See  M.  R.  xxix.  p.  526. 

11  Descripcion  de  lasProvinciasde  el  Peru.  Por  el  Cosmographo 

mayor  del  Virreynato,  Don  Cosme  Bueno.  .  Lima. 

8vo. 
This  work  appears  to  have  been  published  with  the  Guia  or  Calendario  of 
Lima  annually,  during  seventeen  years,  and  is  probably  the  most  correct 
geographical  account  of  Peru  and  Chili  extant;  the  author  says  it  re- 
quired all  that  time  to  obtain  the  necessary  information  from  the  different 
provinces.  In  point  of  rarity  the  book  may  be  considered  as  almost 
unique,  as  ievr  persons  will  have  taken  the  trouble  to  have  collected  to- 
gether these  separate  accounts  published  in  such  a  length  of  time,  and  to 
have  formed  them  into  a  volume.  The  title  is  ms.,  nor  is  it  probable 
there  ever  was  a  separate  printed  one. 

12  SoLucioN  DEL  GRAN  PROBLEMA  acerca  de  la  poblacion  de  las 

Americas,  en  que  sobre  el  fundamento  de  los  libros  santos  se 
descubre  facil  camino  a  la  transmigracion  de  los  hombres  del 
uno  al  otro  continente  ;  y  como  pudieron  pasar  al  Nuevo 
Mundo,  no  solamente  las  bestias  de  servicio,  sino  tambien  las 
fieras  y  nocivas.  Y  con  esta  ocasion  se  satisface  plenamente 
al  delirio  de  los  Pre-Adamitas  apoyado  con  esta  dificil  obje- 
cion  hasta  ahora  no  bien  dcsatada.  Por  el  P.  Francisco 
Xavier  Alexo  de  Orrio  de  la  sagrada  compania  de  Jesus. 
Sacala  a  luz  Don  Francisco  Carmona  Godoy  y  Bucareli, 
corregidor,  Juez  de  Minas  de  la  ciudad  de  N.  S.  de  los  Zaca- 

tecas,  &c Mexico. 

Small  4to. 

13  Rei.acion  DESCRiPTivA  dc  la  ciudad,  y  provincia  de  Truxillo 

del  Peru,  con  noticias  exactas  de  su  estado  politico;  escrita 
por  el  D'  D,  Miguel  Feyjoo,  corregidor  (que  fue)  de  dicha 

ciudad,  &c Madrid. 

Folio. 


^42  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1763.    14  II  GAzzETTiERE  Americano  contenente  un  distinto  ragguaglio 
^^"^  di  tutte  le  parti  del  Nuovo  Mondo,    della  loro  situazione* 

clima,  terreno,  prodotti,  stato  antico  e  moderno,  merci,  mani- 
fatture,  e  commercio  ;  con  una  esatta  descrizione  delle  citta. 
piazze,  porti,  baje,  fiume,  laghi,  montagni,  passi,  e  fortifica- 
zioni.  II  tutto  destinato  ad  esporre  lo  stato  presente  delle  cose 
in  quella  parte  di  globo,  e  le  mire,  e  interessi  delle  diverse  po- 
tenze,  che  hanno  degli  stabilimenti  in  America.  Tradotto 
dair  Inglese  e  arrichito  di  aggiunte,  note,  carte,  e  rami. 
Quarto,  3  vols.  78  plates.  Livorno. 

15  NicoLAi  JosEPHi  Jacquin,  selectarum  stirpium  Americanarum 
historia  in  qua  ad  Linnaeanum  systema  determinatae  descrip- 
taeque  sistuntur  plantae  illoe,  quas  in  insulis  Martinica,  Ja- 
maica, Domingo,  aliisque  et  in  vicinae  continentis  parte, 
observavit  rariores;  adjectis  iconibus  in  solo  natali  delineatis. 
Folio,  pp.  284,  plates  183.  Vienna. 

MDCCLXIV. 

1  Letters  to  the  Dutchess  of  Lesdiguieres,  giving  an  account  of 

a  voyage  to  Canada,  and  travels  through  that  vast  country, 
and  Louisiana,  to  the  Gulph  of  Mexico.    Undertaken  by  order 
of  the  present  King  of  France.     By  Father  Charlevoix. 
8vo.  London. 

2  The  ancient  right  of  the  English  nation   to  the  American 

fishery  ;  and  its  various  diminutions ;  examined  and   stated. 

With  a  map  of  the   lands,  islands,  gulphs,  seas,  and  fishing 

bank,  comprising  the  whole  cod  fishery.     Humbly  inscribed 

to  the  sincere  friends  of  the  British  naval  empire.         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  105. 

By  Mr.  Bollan. 

3  An  essay  in  vindication  of  the  continental  colonies  of  America, 

from  a  censure  of  Mr.  Adam  Smith,  in   his  Theory  of  Moral 
Sentiments.    With  some  reflections  on  slavery  in  general.  By 
an  American.  ......  London. 

Svo.  pp.  46. 
Adam  Smith  said  "that  fortune  never  more  cruelly  exerted  her  etnpire  over 
mankind,  than  when  she  subjected  those  nations  of  heroes  (the  negroes)  to  the 
refuse  of  the  jails  of  Europe,"  (the  Americans.) 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  143 

4  The  administration  of  the  colonies.  .         .         London.   1764, 
8vo.  pp.  131. 

The  first  edition  of  Governor  Pownall's  celebrated  work,  frequently 
reprinted  with  great  additions,  the  last  time  in  1777,  in  two  volumes 
octavo. 

5  The  history  of  the  life  and  sufferings  of  Henry  Grace,  of  Ba- 

singstoke, in  the  county  of  Southampton,  being  a  narrative  of 
the  hardships  he  underwent  during  several  years  captivity 
among  the  savages  in  North  America,  and  of  the  cruelties 
they  practice  to  their  unhappy  prisoners.  In  which  is  intro- 
duced an  account  of  the  several  customs  and  manners  of  the 
different  nations  of  Indians ;  as  well  as  a  compendious  de- 
scription of  the  soil,  produce,  and  various  animals  of  those 
parts.  Written  by  himself.        .  .  .  Reading,  Eng. 

8vo.   pp.  56. 
"  The  author's  recital  of  the  various  hardships  he  underwent  affords  that 
painful  entertainment  we  usually  find  in  historical  details  of  distress, 
especially  when  they  have  any  thing  of  adventure  in  them,  as  is  the  case 
with  the  present  artless  but  affecting  narrative.''  M.  R. 

6  Coksiderations  which  may  tend  to  promote  the  settlement  of 

our  new  West  India  colonies,  by  encouraging  individuals  to 
embark  in  the  undertaking.       ....         London. 
8vo. 

7  The  speech  delivered  in  the  House  of  Assembly  of  the  province 

of  Pennsylvania,  May  24,  1764.  By  John  Dickinson,  esq. 
one  of  the  members  for  the  county  of  Philadelphia.  On  occa- 
sion of  a  petition  drawn  up  by  order,  and  then  under  con- 
sideration, of  the  House,  praying  H.  M.  for  a  change  of  the 
government  of  this  province.  .  .          .  London. 

Svo. 
First  printed  in  Philadelphia.     "  Mr.  Dickinson  reasons  like  a  man  of 
extraordinary  good  sense,  with  the  knowledge  of  an  able  politician,  and 
the  pleasing  flow  of  an  accomplished  orator.''  M.  R. 

8  The  speech  of  Joseph  Galloway,  esq.  one  of  the  members  for 

Philadelphia  county,  in  answer  to  the  speech  of  John  Dickin- 
son, esq.  delivered  in  the  House  of  Assembly  of  the  province 
of  Pensylvania,  May  24,  1764.  .         .         .         London. 

Svo. 
First  printed  in  Philadelphia.     A  manly  and  spirited,  though  not  a  very 
correct  production,  which  drew  forth  the  following  answer  : 


144  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1764.   9  A  REPLY  to  a  piece  called  the  Speech  of  Joseph  Galloway,  esq. 
^'^^  By  John  Dickinson.  ....  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

10  An  essay  on  the  trade  of  the  northern  colonies  of  Great  Britain 

in  North  America.  .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  38. 

The  subject  of  this  essay  (first  printed  at  Philadelphia,)  is  treated  in  a 
masterly  and  judicious  manner,  by  one  who  appears  to  be  perfectly  well 
acquainted  with  it.  M.  R. 

11  A  GENERAL  HISTORY  of  the  late  war:    containing  its  rise, 

progress,  and  events,  in  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  and  America. 
And  exhibiting  the  state  of  the  belligerent  powers  at  the 
commencement  of  the  war  ;  their  interests  and  objects  in  its 
continuation  ;  and  remarks  on  the  measures  which  led  Great 
Britain  to  victory  and  conquest.     Interspersed  with  the  cha- 
racters of  the  able  and  disinterested  statesmen,  to  whose 
wisdom  and  integrity,  and  of  the  heroes  to  whose  courage  and 
conduct,  we  are  indebted,  for  that  naval  and  military  suc- 
cess which  is  not  to   be  equalled  in  the  annals  of  this  or  any 
nation.     And  with  accurate  descriptions  of  the  seat  of  war, 
the  nature  and  importance  of  the  conquests,  and  of  the  most 
important  battles  by  sea  and  land.     Illustrated  with  a  variety 
of  heads,  plans,  map,  and  charts,  designed  and  engraved  by 
the  best  artists.     By  the  Rev.  John  Entick,  m.a.  and  other 
gentlemen.        .......         London. 

8vo.  .5  vols. 
The  Monthly  Review  speaks  very  disparagingly  of  this  work.     The  greater 
part  relates  to  the  war  in  America. 

12  An  account  of  the  first  settlement,  laws,  form  of  government, 

and  police  of  the  Cessares,  a  people  of  South  America.     In 
nine  letters,  from  Mr.  Vander  Neck,  one  of  the  senators  of 
that  nation,  to  his  friend   in   Holland.     With  notes  by  the 
editor.  ....  ...  London. 

8vo. 
The  Cessares  are  a  race  of  white  Indians  found  in  Chile,  about  whom,  how- 
ever, very  little  is  known.  The  present  work  adds  nothing  to  our  infor- 
mation respecting  them,  being  merely  a  new  version  of  Sir  Thomas  More's 
Utopia.  It  was  written,  according  to  Nichols,  by  tlie  celebrated  author 
of  the  Dignity  of  Human  Nature,  Mr.  Burgh. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Not^a.  145 

13  As  ANSWER  TO  Dr.  Mayhew's  OBSERVATIONS  OH  the  charter     1764. 

and  conduct  of  the  Society  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel 
in  foreign  parts.         ......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  68. 

See  No.  8,  1763. 

14  A  DEFENCE  OF  THE  OBSERVATIONS  On  the  charter  and  conduct 

of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign 

parts,  against  an  anonymous  pamphlet  falsely  intitled  A  candid 

Examination  of  Dr.  Mayhew's  Observations,  8fC      And  also 

against  the  Letter  to  a  Friend  annexed  thereto,  said  to  contain 

a  short  vindication  of  said  society;  by  one  of  its  members. 

By  Jonathan  Mayhew,  D.D.  &c.      .         .         .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  120. 

First  printed  at  Boston. 

15*  Trait6  des    maladies  frequentes  a  Surinam,  etc.  avec  une 
dissertation  sur  le  fameux  crapaud  de  Surinam,  nomm6  Pipa: 
par  M.  Phelippe  Fermin.     ....         Maestricht. 
Svo. 

16  Descripcion    exacta  de  la  provincia  de  Venezuela,  par   D. 

Joseph  Luis  de  Cisneros.  .  .          .  Valencia,  S.  A. 

Quarto. 

17  Synodo  diocesana,  que  celebro  el  Ilmo.  S"-  D.  Manuel  de 

Alday  y  Aspee,  Obispo  de  Santiago  de  Chile,  en  la  Iglesia 

Catedral  de  dicha  ciudad.     A  que  se  dio  principio  el  dia  4 

de  Enero  de  1763,  y  se  publico  en  22  de  Abril  de  dicho  ano. 

Folio,  pp.  170.  Lima. 

18  Synodo  diocesana,  con  la  carta  pastoral  convocatoria  para 

ella  y  otra  en  orden  k  la  paga  de  los  Diezmos.  Celebrola 
D.  Fray  Bernardo  Carrasco  y  Saavedra,  Obispo  de  Santiago 
de  Chile,  en  la  Iglesia  Catedral  de  dicha  ciudad.  A  que  se 
di6  principio  Domingo  18  de  Enero  de  1688  y  se  publico  en 
2  de  Mayo  de  dicho  aiio.  ....  Lima. 

Folio,  pp.  168. 


146  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1765. 

MDCCLXV. 

1  An  account  of  the  Island  of  Newfoundland,  with  the  nature  of 
its  trade,  and  method  of  carrying  on  the  fishery.  With 
reasons  for  the  great  decrease  of  that  most  valuable  branch 
of  trade.  By  Capt.  Griffith  Williams,  of  the  royal  regiment 
of  artillery,  who  resided  in  the  island  fourteen  years,  &c. ;  to 
which  is  annexed  a  plan  to  exclude  the  French  from  that 
trade,  &c.     By  Capt.  Cole.      ....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  35. 

"  Printed  for  Captain  Thomas  Cole." 

2  The  History  of  the  Colony  of  Nova  C^sarea  or  New 
Jersey :  containing  an  account  of  its  first  settlement,  pro- 
gressive improvements,  the  original  and  present  constitution, 
and  other  events,  to  the  year  1721  ;  with  some  particulars 
since,  and  a  short  view  of  its  present  state.  By  Samuel 
Smith        ......  Burlington,  N.  J. 

8vo.  pp.  573. 
The  author  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey  ;  his  work  is  considered  as  a  judi- 
cious and  authentic  compilation.     Never  having  been  reprinted,  it  has 
become  very  scarce  and  difficult  to  be  met  with. 

3  A  CONCISE  account  of  North  America:  containing  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  several  British  colonies  on  that  continent,  includ- 
ing the  islands  of  Newfoundland,  Cape  Breton,  &c.  as  to 
their  situation,  extent,  climate,  soil,  produce,  rise,  govern- 
ment, religion,  present  boundaries,  and  the  number  of  inha- 
bitants supposed  to  be  in  each.  Also  of  the  interior  or 
Westerly  parts  of  the  country,  upon  the  rivers  St.  Lawrence, 
the  Mississipi,  Christine,  and  the  great  lakes.  To  which  is 
subjoined,  an  account  of  the  several  nations  and  tribes  of 
Indians  residing  in  those  parts,  as  to  their  customs,  manners, 
government,  numbers,  &c.  containing  many  useful  and  en- 
tertaining facts,  never  before  treated  of.  By  Major  Robert 
Rogers  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  264. 

"  Major  Rofjers  headed,  with  much  reputation,  the  provincial  troops  called 

Rangers,  during  the  whole  course  of  what  were  called  the  French  wars  in 

America.     To  this  brave,  active,  judicious  officer,  it  is,  that  the  public 

are  indebted  for  the  most  satisfactory  account  yet  published  of  the  inte- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  147 

rior  parts  of  that  immense  continent,  which  victory  hath  so  lately  added  \  765. 
to  the  British  empire  ;  of  which  we  were,  in  many  respects,  totally  igno-  >^/.fc/ 
rant,  till  tlie  British  lion  tore  away  the  veil,  and  opened  to  our  view  the 
wide,  extended,  glorious  prospect.  Major  Rogers  is  the  reputed  author 
of  a  tragedy  called  '  Ponteach,  or  the  Savages  of  America  ;'  one  of  the 
most  absurd  productions  of  the  kind  that  we  have  seen."  M.  R.  xxxiv. 
p.  242. 

4  Journals  of  Major  Robert  Roo;ers ;  containing  an  account  of 

the  several  excursions  he  made,  under  the  generals  who  com- 
manded on  the  continent  of  America,   during  the  late  war. 
From  which  may  be  collected  the  most  material  circumstances 
of  every  campaign  on  that  continent,  from  the  commence- 
ment to  the  conclusion  of  the  war.  .  .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  236. 
"  This  is  but  the  first  part  of  the  journals  of  this  noted  American  partizan. 
It  commences  in  1755,  and  terminates  with  the  year  1760.     The  second 
part*,  which  is  to  be  printed  by  subscription  of  one  guinea,  will  contain 
the  author's  travels  among  the  Cherokees  and  the  Southern  Indians;    his 
second   tour  into  the  interior  country,  upon  the  great  lakes ;    and  the 
Indian  wars  in  America  since  1760;    together  with   correct  plans  of  all 
the  British  forts  upon  the  continent.      From  the  specimen  of  the  work 
now  before  us,  it  appears  that  the  accounts  of  Major  Rogers  may  be  de- 
pended upon  by  the  public  ;    they  are  undoubtedly  as  authentic  as  they 
are    important  and  necessary  to  those  who  would  acquire  a  thorough 
understanding  of  the  nature  and  progress  of  the  late  military  operations 
in  North  America.     The  author  writes  like  an  honest,  a  sensible,  and  a 
modest  man;    and  he   has  given,   throughout  his  whole  conduct,  un- 
doubted proofs  that  he  is  a  brave  and  skilful  officer."      M.  R.  xxxiv. 
p.  80. 

5  The  memoirs  of  Lieut.  Henry  Timberlake,  (who  accompanied 

the  three  Cherokee  Indians  to  England  in  the  year  1762,) 
containing  whatever  he  observed  remarkable,  or  worthy  of 
public  notice,  during  his  travels  to  and  from  that  nation  ; 
wherein  the  country,  government,  genius,  and  customs  of  the 
inhabitants,  are  authentically  described.  Also  the  principal 
occurrences  during  their  residence  in  London.  Illustrated 
with  an  accurate  map  of  their  overhill  settlement,  and  a  curious 
secret  journal,  taken  by  the  Indians  out  of  the  pocket  of  a 
Frenchman  they  had  killed.  ....  London. 
8vo. 

*  Which  apparently  never  was  published. 


148  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1765.  Poor  Lieut.  Timberlake  and  hie  Indians  met  with  an  inhospitable  reception 

y*..,^  in  England,  where  he  got  himself  in  debt  for  their  expenses.   After  under- 

going a  variety  of  disappointments,  vexations,  arrests  and  imprisonments, 
be  died  in  the  flower  of  his  age ;  and,  we  much  fear,  ot  a  broken  heart.  M,R. 
xxxiv.  p.  1. 

6  A  DEFENCE  of  the  New  England  charters.     By  Jer.  Dummer. 

•'  Pulchrum  est,"  &c.         .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  88. 
First  printed  in  1721 .     The  present  edition  has  no  date,  but  it  is  mentioned 
in  the  Gent.'s  Mag.  among  the  books  published  in  this  year. 

7  The  necessity  of  repealing  the  American  stamp-act  demon- 

strated; or,  a  proof  that  Great  Britain  must  be  injured  by 
that  act.  In  a  letter  to  a  member  of  the  British  House  of 
Commons.        .......         London, 

8vo. 
"  This  is  one  of  the  most  considerable  publications  on  the  subject  of  the  pre- 
sent disagreeable  situation  of  affairs  in  our  North  American  colonies  ; 
and  contains,  indeed,  more  information  than  all  the  rest  put  together." 
The  author  is  warm  in  defence  of  the  colonies,  and  gives  good  reasons 
why  they  should  not  be  taxed  by  the  mother  country. 

8  A  LETTER  to  a  Member  of  Parliament,  wherein  the  power  of  the 

British  legislature,  and  the  case  of  the  colonists,  are  briefly 
and  impartially  considered.        ....  London. 

8vo. 
"  The  sensible  writer  of  this  letter  endeavours  to  prove  that,  in  point  of' 
law,  the  colonists  are  bound  to  pay  obedience  to  every  act  of  the  Parlia- 
ment of  Great  Britain,  wherein  (hey  are  expressly  named;  consequently 
that,  by  having  denied  and  resisted  this  power,  they  have  been  hurried 
into  a  conduct,  tinctured  with  an  offence,  bordering  too  nearly  upon  the 
worst  species  of  treason  ; — a  treason  against  the  state.  At  the  same  time, 
he  condemns  the  stamp -act,  as  one  of  the  worst  measures  of  the  late 
Ministry.''  M.R. 

9  The  claims  of  the  colonies  to  an  exemption  from  internal  taxes 

imposed  by  authority  of  Parliament,  examined.      In  a  letter 
from  a  gentleman  in  London  to  his  friend  in  America. 
8vo.  London. 

By  William  Knox.  "Another  defence  of  the  scheme  for  imposing  stamp- 
duties  in  the  colonies,  in  which  the  author  also  shews  the  impropriety  of 
the  measures  taken  by  the  colonies  to  oppose  the  stamp  bill."  M.R. 

10  The   rights  of  the  British  colonies  considered,  the   adminis- 

tration and  regulation  of  the  colonies  exploded,  and  the  best 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  149 

means  recommended  to  make  the  colonies  most  useful  to  the    1765. 
mother  country.        ......         London.     '^'*' 

8vo. 

11  The  rights  of  the  British  colonies  asserted  and  proved.     By 

James  Otis,  esq.       ......         London. 

Svo.pp.  120. 
First  prioted  at  Boston.  "  A  very  zealous  defence  of  the  colonies,  tendings 
to  prove  that  every  man  in  the  British  dominions  is  constitutionally  a 
free  man  ;  and  that  no  part  of  his  Majesty's  dominions  can  constitution- 
ally be  taxed  without  their  own  consent,  and  that  every  part  has  a  right 
to  be  represented  in  the  supreme  or  some  subordinate  legislature."  M.  R. 

12  Regulations  lately  made   concerning  the  colonies,  and  the 

taxes  imposed  upon  them,  considered.         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  114. 

13  The   objections  to  the  taxation  of  our  American  colonies, 

by  the  legislature  of  Great  Britain,  briefly  considered. 
Quarto.  London. 
On  exactly  opposite  principles  to  the  foregoing  of  Mr.  Otis,  being  an 
attempt  to  prove  not  only  the  right  of  the  legislature  of  Great  Britain  to 
impose  taxes  on  her  colonies,  but  the  expediency  and  even  the  necessity 
of  exercising  that  right  in  the  present  conjuncture.  The  author  o(  "  Con- 
siderations," &c.  (No.  16)  calls  this  pamphlet  the  opusculum  of  the  cele- 
brated Mr.  J s. 

14  The  mutual  interest  of  Great  Britain  and   the  American 

colonies   considered,  with  respect  to  an  act  passed  last  ses- 
sions of  Parliament,  for  laying  a  duty  on   merchandize,  &c. 
With  some  remarks  on  a  pamphlet  entitled  Objections  to  the 
Taxation  of  the  American  Colonies,  &c.  considered.     In   a 
letter  to  a  Member  of  Parliament.     .         .         .         London. 
Quarto. 
By  W.  BoUan.     "  This  author  animadverts  on  the  foregoing  pamphlet  with 
plain  good  sense,  and  a  becoming  zeal   for  the  liberties  of  his  fellow- 
subjects  of  North  America.     He  is  not  an  elegant  writer,  but  appears  to 
be  well  acquainted  with  the  mutual  interest  and  natural  connection  be- 
tween this  country  and  the  colonies."  M.  R. 

15  The  administration  of  the  colonies.      By  Thomas  Pownall, 

late  governor  and  commander  in  chief  of  H.  M.'s  provinces, 
Massachusetts  Bay  and   South  Carolina,  and  lieutenant  go- 
vernor of  New  Jersey.    The  second  edition,  revised,  corrected, 
and  enlarged.  ......         London. 

8vo 


150  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1765.    16  Considerations  on  behalf  of  the  colonists.      In  a  letter  to  a 
**''*'  noble  lord.       .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  52. 
This  pamphlet,  which  is  signed  F.  A.,  aud  dated  Boston,  September  4, 
\76i'>,  is  in  answer  to  "  The  Objectiom  to  the  Taxation,"  &c.  (No.  13.) 
"The  author  appears  to  be  a  staunch  North  American,  fired  with  the 
glorious  idea  of  Liberty  !  and  flaming  with  patriotic  zeal  for  the  Rights 
of  his  native  country  ;  of  which  he  appears  to  be  neither  an  incompetent 
judge,  nor  a  weak  defender."  M.R. 

17  The  grievances  of  the  American  colonies  candidly  examined. 

Printed  by  authority,  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  London. 
8vo. 
"  A  modest  yet  pathetic  recital  of  the  hardships  laid  on  our  American  bre- 
thren by  the  stamp  act,  <fec.''    M.R.      Written  by  Stephen  Hopkins, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  declaration  of  independence.     Holmes. 

18  Considerations  relative  to  the  North  American  colonies. 
8vo.  pp.  48.  London. 

This  a[tpears  to  be  one  of  the  most  important  pamphlets  published  at  this 
important  period. 

19  A  REVIEW  OF  Dr.  Mayiiew's  remarks,  on  the  answer  to  his 

Observations  on  the  charter  and  conduct  of  the  Society  for  the 
propagation  of  the  gospel  in  foreign    parts.       By  East  Ap- 
thorp,  M.A.  .  .  ....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  65. 

20  Some  thoughts  on  the  method  of  improving  and  securing  the 

advantages  which  accrue  to  Great  Britain  from  the  Northern 
colonies.  .......  London. 

8vo.  pp.  23. 
Stated  in  the  work  to  be  reprinted  from  the  New  York  Mercury.     It  was 
apparently  either  written  or  published  by  Israel  INIauduit,  who  had  been 
appointed  agent  for  Massachusetts  a  year  or  two  before. 

21  *HiSToiRE  naturelle,  ou  description  des  curiosites  naturelles, 

qui  se  trouvent  dans  la  colonic  de   Surinam.      Par  M.  Phe- 

lippe  Fermin.     ......  Amsterdam. 

8vo. 

See  1769. 

22  Memoires  et  observations  geographiques  et  critiques  sur  la 
situation  des  Pays  Septentrionaux,  del'Asie,  etde  I'Amenque, 
d'apres  les  relations  les  plus  recentes.  Auxquclles  on  a  joint 
un  cssai  sur  la  route  aux  ludes  par  le  Nord,  et  sur  un  com- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  151 

merce  tr^s  vaste  et  tr^s  riche  k  etablir  dans  la  Mer  du  Sud.   1765 
Avec    deux    nouvelles  cartes    dressees  conformeraent  k  ce     »*■>'*' 
syst^me.     Par  Mr.  ***.         ....         Lausanne. 

Quarto,  pp.  268,  2  maps. 
By  the  Baillj  d'Engel,  the  author  of  the  Essay  on  the  manner  in  which 
America  was  first  peopled.    (See  1767.) 
23  Arte  de  la  lengua  general  del  reyno  de  Chile,  con  un 
dialogo  Chileno-Hispano  muy  curioso  :  a  que  se  anade  la  doc- 
trina  Christiana,  esto  es  Rezo  Catecismo,  Coplas,  Confesio- 
nario  y  platicas;  lo  mas  en  lengua  Chilena  y  Castellana:  y 
por  fin   un   Vocabulario   Hispano-Chileno,   y   un   Calepino 
Chileno-Hispano  mas  copioso.      Compuesto  por  el  P.  Andres 
Febres,  Misionero  de  la  Comp.  de  Jesus.    Ano  de  1764.  De- 
dicalo  k  Maria  S.  S.  Madre  de  la  Luz  increada,  abogada  espe- 
cial de  las  Misiones.  .....         Lima. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  682. 

MDCCLXVI. 

1  *An  account  of  East  Florida.     With  remarks  on  its  future 

importance  to  trade  and  commerce.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

M.  R.  xrxiv.  p.  4T8. 

2  An  account  of  East  Florida;  with  a  journal  kept  by  John 

Bartram,  of  Philadelphia,  upon  a  journey  from  St.  Augustine 
up  the  river  St.  John's.     .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  90  and  70. 
The  account  of  East  Florida  was  written  by  William  Stork,  as  appears  by 
the  dedication.     Reprinted  in  quarto  in  1769. 

3  An  historical  account  of  the  expedition  against  the  Ohio 

Indians,  in  1764;    under  the  command  of  Henry  Bouquet, 
esq.,  colonel  of  foot,  and  now  brigadier-general  in  America; 
includins:  his  transactions  with  the  Indians    relative  to  the 
delivery  of  their  prisoners,  and  the  preliminaries  of  peace. 
Published  from  authentic  documents,  by  a  lover  of  his  coun- 
try. .......         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  14  and  71,  5  plates. 
Two  of  the  plates  are  from  designs  by  Benjamin  West.     Reprinted  from  the 
Philadelphia  edition  of  the   preceding  year.      "The  accounts  here  laid 


152  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1766.  before  the  public  appear  to  be  perfectly  authentic  ;  and  they  are  drawn 

up  with  equal  perspicuity  and  elegance."  M.  R.  The  author  was 
Thomas  Hutchins.  A  French  translation  was  printed  at  Amsterdam  in 
1769. 

4  The  charters  of  the  following  provinces  of  North 
America,  viz.:  Virginia,  Maryland,  Connecticut,  Rhode 
Island,  Pennsylvania,  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  Georgia.  To 
which  is  prefixed  a  faithful  narrative  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
North  American  colonies,  in  consequence  of  the  late  stamp 
act.  .......         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  70. 

Closely  printed  in  two  columns.  '•  Collected  from  the  '  Daily  Gazetteer,' 
both  charters  and  narrative.  There  is  no  doubt  of  the  authenticity  of 
the  former,  and  the  latter  being  copies  of  Gazettes,  &c.  carry  their  own 
evidence  along  with  them."     M.  R. 

5  Terra  Australis  Cognita  ;  or,  Voyages  to  the  Terra  Austra- 
lis,  or  Southern  Hemisphere,  during  the  sixteenth,  seven- 
teenth, and  eighteenth  centuries.  Containing  an  account  of 
the  manners  of  the  people,  and  the  productions  of  the  coun- 
tries, hitherto  found  in  the  southern  latitudes;  the  advantages 
that  may  result  from  further  discoveries  on  this  great  conti- 
nent, and  the  methods  of  establishing  colonies  there,  to  the 
advantage  of  Great  Britain,  With  a  preface  by  the  editor, 
in  which  some  geographical,  nautical,  and  commercial  ques- 
tions are  discussed.  ....         Edinburgh. 

8vo.  3  vols. 
The  dedication  is  signed  "  John  Callander,"  who  was  probably  the  trans- 
lator of  tlie  work,  which  was  written  originally  in  French,  by  the  Presi- 
dent De  Brosses,  and  printed  at  Paris  in  1756.  Mr.  Callander  merely 
acknowledges  that  he  had  "  drawn  many  helps"  from  the  French  writer, 
whom  he  does  not  name,  and  appears  inclined  to  take  the  principal  merit 
of  the  work  to  himself,  although  the  translation  is  almost  literal,  and  the 
additions  trifling.  The  second  and  third  volumes  were  published  in 
1768. 

6  A  PLAIN  AND  SEASONABLE  ADDRESS  to  the  freeholders  of  Great 
Britain,  on  the  present  posture  of  affairs  in  America.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  21. 
"  Ridicule  of  Mr.  Pitt,  and  declamation  against  the  Americans."     M.  R. 

7  Considerations  upon  the  rights    of  the  colonists  to  the  pri- 
vileges of  British  subjects,  introduced  by  a  brief  review  of 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  153 

the  rise  and  progress  of  English  liberty,  and  concluded  with    1766. 
some  remarks  upon  our  present  alarming  situation. 
8vo.  pp.  27.  New  York. 

8  A   LETTER  TO  THE  NoRTH  AMERICAN,  on  occasion  of  his  ad- 

dress to  the  committee  of  correspondence  in  Barbados.     By  a 
native  of  the  island.  ....         Barbados. 

Svo.  pp.  47. 

9  Political  Debates.      "  Upon  the  whole,  I  will  beg  leave  to 

tell  the  House  what  is  really  my  opinion.     It  is,  that  the 
stamp  act  be  repealed  absolutely,   totally,  and  immediately." 
The  Great  Commoner.         .....         Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  18. 
This,  and  the  two  following,  were  evidently  printed  in  London,  notwith- 
standing that  they  have  Paris,  &cc.  on  the  title-page. 

10  Protest   against  the  bill  to  repeal  the  American  stamp 

act,  last  session.  ......         Paiis. 

8vo.  pp.  16. 

11  Second  Protest,  with  a  list  of  the  voters  against  the  bill  to 

repeal  the  American  stamp  act,  of  last  session.       .       Paris. 
8vo.  pp.  15. 

12  A  SUCCINCT  view  of  the  origin  of  our  colonies,  with  their  civil 

state,  founded  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  corroborated  by  succeed- 
ing princes,  and  confirmed  by  acts  of  Parliament ;    whereby 
the  nature  of  the  empire  established  in  America,   and  the 
errors  of  various  hypotheses  formed  thereupon  may  be  clearly 
understood.     With  observations  on  the  commercial,  benefi- 
cial, and  perpetual  union  of  the  colonies  with  this  kingdom, 
&c.  ........         London. 

8vo.  pp.  46. 
This  pamphlet  is  extracted  from  an  essay  entitled  "  The  Freedom  of  Speech 
and  Writing,"  &c. 

13  The  importance  of  the  colonies  of  North  America,  and  the 

interest  of  Great  Britain,  with  regard  to  them,  considered. 
Together  with  remarks  on  the  stamp  duty.  .         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  16. 

By  W.  BoUan,  (Allen.)  "Chiefly  intended  to  show  how  impolitic  as 
well  as  unreasonable  it  would  be,  in  the  dispute  with  the  colonies,  to  have 
recourse  to  any  improper  exertion  of  power."    M.  R. 


154  Bibliutheca  Americana  Nova. 

1766.    14  The  general  opposition  of  the  colonies  to  the  payment  of 

*^'*'  the  stamp  duty,  and  the  consequence  of  enforcin;^  obedience 

by  military  measures,  impartially  considered.     Also,  a  plan 

for  uniting  them  to  this  kingdom,  in  such  a  manner  as  to 

make  their  interest  inseparable  from  ours,  for  the  future.     In 

a  letter  to  a  Member  of  Parliament.  .         .         London. 

Quarto. 

An  ingenious  dissuasive  from  violent  measures  with  the  colonies,  on  account 

of  the  stamp  act,  written  partly  in  a  serious  and  partly  in  a  ludicrous 

vein.    M.  R. 

15  Four  dissertations  on  the  reciprocal  advantages  of  a  perpe- 

tual union  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.     Written 
for  Mr.  Sargent's  prize  medal.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

First  printed  in  Philadelphia. 

16  The  conduct  of  the  late  administration  examined.     With  an 

appendix,  containing  original  and  authentic  documents. 
8vo.  London. 

*'  One  of  the  most  formidable  attacks  that  hath  as  jet  been  made  on  the  late 
administration,  and  seems  to  be  the  production  of  some  ingenious  and 
well  instructed  writer,  strongly  attached  to  Mr.  Grenville.  The  Ameri- 
can stamp  act  is  the  grand  object  of  his  attention,  and  he  confines  him- 
self in  this  tract  to  the  examination  of  the  conduct  of  the  ministry,  with 
regard  to  it,  from  the  time  at  which  they  came  into  office  to  that  at  which 
it  was  repealed."  M.  R.  The  author  of  a  letter  to  G.  G.  (No,  9,  1767) 
calls  this  Mr.  G[renville]'s  elaborate  pamphlet  on  the  stamp  act. 

17  An   account   of  a   late   conference   on    the   occurrences   in 

America.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  40. 
An  imaginary  conference,  managed  with  decency  and  good  sense,  but  the 
strength  of  the  argument  lies  altogether  on  the  side  of  America.     The 
author  is  supposed  to  be  Joshua  Steele,  esq. 

18  The  true   interest  of  Great   Britain,  with   regard    to  her 

American  colonies,  stated  and  impartially  considered.     By 
a  merchant  of  London.  ....         London. 

8vo. 
This  rational  and  candid  politician  appears  to  be  a  thorough  master  of  his 
subject.  He  shews  the  impolicy  of  distressing  the  Americans  by  ill-de- 
vised taxes,  restrictions  and  prohibitions,  and  proves  that,  although  the 
stamp-duty  has  been  the  ostensible  cause  of  the  late  disturbances,  it  was 
in  fact  but  a  small  portion  of  their  grievances. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  155 

19  The  adventure  of  a  bale  of  goods  from  America,  in  conse-    1766. 

quence  of  the  stamp  act.  ....         London. 

8vo. 
*'  A  strange  attempt  at  humour.     What  the  author  would  be  at  is  best  known 
to  himself,  and,  no  doubt,  will  ever  remain  so."     M.R. 

20  Considerations  on  the  propriety  of  imposing  taxes  in  the 

British  colonies,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  a  revenue,  by  act 
of  Parliament.  ...  ...         London. 

8vo.  pp.  81. 
First  printed  in  America.  Written  by  a  patriotic  North  American,  who 
denies  the  right  of  the  Parliament  to  tax  the  colonies  "  and  whose  zeal 
sometimes  carries  him  too  far  in  his  reflections  on  the  mother  country." 
M.R.  The  second  edition  published  a  month  after  this,  has  the  author's 
name,  Mr.  Dulaney,  of  Maryland,  on  the  title-page. 

21*  An  examination  of  the  rights  of  the  colonies,  upon  principles 
of  law.     By  a  gentleman  at  the  bar.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 
This  lawyer  after  a  very  slight  hearing  has  determined  against  the  colonies. 
22*  Considerations   on  the  American  stamp-act,  and  on  the 
conduct  of  the  minister  who  planned  it.      .         .         London. 
8vo. 
The  author  recommends  the  repeal  of  the  stamp-act  as  the  only  means  to 
reconcile  the  colonies  to  their  mother  country,  and  to  restore  peace,  plenty, 
and  cordiality  to  every  part  of  the  British  empire. 

23  Constitutional  considerations  on  the  power  of  Parliament 

to  levy  taxes  on  the  North  American  colonies.     .         London. 
Quarto. 

This  author  undertakes  to  prove  that  the  colonies  ought  not,  in  sound  policy, 
to  be  allowed  a  representation,  in  Parliament,  urging,  as  a  reason,  their 
numbers,  extent,  situation  and  advantages  of  every  kind,  being  such,  that 
they  only  want  a  government  properly  regulated,  to  become  the  masters 
of  Europe. 

24  The  legislative  authority  of  the  British  Parliament,  with 

respect  to  North- America,  and  the  privileges  of  the  assemblies 
there,  briefly  considered.     By  J.  M.  of  the  Inner  Temple. 
8vo.  London. 

"  A  vindication  of  the  legislative  jurisdiction,  on  the  principles  of  law. 
The  author  however  in  common  with  almost  every  other  writer,  on  what- 
ever side  the  question  gives  up  the  stamp-act,  as  ineligible  in  some  respect 
or  degree.''     M.R. 


156  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1766.   25  The  crisis;    or  a  full  defence  of  the  colonies;  in  which  it  is 
incontestibly  proved  that  the  British  constitution  has  been 
flagrantly  violated  in  the  stamp-act ;  and  rendered  indisputably 
evident,  that  the  mother- country  cannot  lay  an  arbitrary  tax 
upon  the  Americans,  without  destroying  the  essence  of  her 
own  liberties.  ......         London, 

8vo. 
A  warm  defender  of  the  colonists,  who  asserts,  in  opposition  to  some  of  the 
advocates  of  the  stamp  act,   that  the  colonies  are  not  all  virtually  repre- 
sented in  the  British  Parliament. 

26  A  LETTER  to  the  gentlemen  of  the  committee  of  London  mer- 
chants, trading  to  North  America ;  shewing  in  what  manner 
the  trade  and  manufactures  of  Britain  may  be  affected  by  some 
late  restrictions  on  the  American  commerce,  and  by  the  act 
for  the  stamp  duty,  &c.  ....         London, 

8vo. 
This  writer,   like  the  foregoing,  denies  the  virtual  representation,  and  offers 
several  arguments  in  favor  of  the  colonies,  in  common  with  their  other 
advocates. 

27  The  claim  of  the  colonies  to  an  exemption  from  internal  taxes 
imposed  by  authority  of  Parliament,  examined.  In  a  letter 
from  a  gentleman  to  his  friend  in  America.  .         London, 

8vo. 
"  This  writer  maintains  theright  of  Parliament  to  asupreme  and  uncontrollable 
jurisdiction,  internally  and  externally,  over  the  properties  and  persons  of 
the  subjects  in  the  colonies."  M.  R. 

28  A  LETTER  from  a  merchant  in  London  to  his  nephew  in  North- 
America,  relative  to  the  present  posture  of  affairs  in  the  colo- 
nies  London, 

8vo. 
On  the  same  side  of  the  question  as  the  feregoing,  but  written  with  less 
moderation.     By  Dean  Tucker  :  republished  in  his  four  tracts,  1744. 

29  An  application  of  some  general  political  rules  to  the  present 
state  of  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  and  America.  In  a  letter  to 
the  R.  H.  Earl  Temple.  ....         London. 

Svo. 

30  A  SHORT  AND  FRIENDLY  CAUTION  to  the  good  people  of 
England London. 

Svo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  157 

"This  short  and  friendly  gentleman  tilts  furiously  at  the  colonies;  and     1766, 
assures  the  good  people  of  England  that  they  must  all  be  unavoidably     >^-^ 
ruined  by  a  repeal  of  the  stamp  act."  M.  R. 

31  Good  humour;  or  away  with  the  colonies.     Wherein  is  occa- 

sionally enquired  into,  Mr.  Pitt's  claim  to  popularity  ;    and 

the  principles  of  virtuous  liberty,  as  taught  in  the  school  of 

Mr.  Wilkes,  and  other  peripatetics.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

"Another  fruitless  attempt  to  stem  the  tide,  which  hath  run  so  irresistibly 

in  favour  of  the  repeal."  M.  R. 

32  A  SHORT  HISTORY  of  the  conduct  of  the  present  ministry,  with 

regard  to  the  American  stamp  act,  .         .         London. 

8vo. 
"  A  most  bitter,  virulent,  outrageous  attack  on  the  ministry."     M,  R. 

33  The  late  occurrences  in  North  America,  and  policy  of  Great 

Britain,  considered.  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  41. 
**  This  writer  is  in  favor  of  conciliatory  measures  with  the  colonies,  and  rather 
severe  on  those  who  would  let  slip  the  dogs  of  tuar  on  their  American 
brethren."  M.  R. 

34*  The  justice  and  necessity  of  taxing  the  American  colonies, 
demonstrated.     Together  with  a  vindication  of  the  authority 
of  Parliament.  ......         London. 

8vo. 
"  This  is,  in  truth,  a  most  fiery  politician,  and  his  pamphlet  a  mere  firebrand. 
In  reply  to  the  objections  of  the  colonists  to  a  standing  army,  he  says  that 
they  have  need  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  blade,  to  polish  and  refine  their 
manners,  to  rub  off  the  rust  of  puritanism,  &c."  M.  R. 
35*  Some  strictures  on  the  late  occurrences  in  North  America. 
8vo.  London. 

These  strictures  are  very  weak  and  trivial.  The  author  insists  on  the 
Parliament's  right  of  taxation,  whether  the  Americans  are  exempted  by 
their  charters  or  not ;  and  as  for  these,  he  intimates  they  ought  to  be 
revoked !  M.  R. 

36  The  late  regulations  respecting  the  British  colonies  on  the 
continent  of  America,  considered.     In  a  letter  from  a  gentle- 
man in  Philadelphia  to  his  friend  in  London       .         London. 
8vo. 
"  Written  in  behalf  of  the  colonies,  and  said  to  be  the  work  of  Mr.  Dickin- 
son, of  Philadelphia."     M.  R. 


1.58  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1766.  37  A  FARTHER  APPEAL  to  the  unprejudiced  judgment  of  mankind 
»*'/*'  in  behalf  of  the  Indians,  &c.  .         .         .         London. 

8vo. 

M.  R.  xxxiv.,  p.  326. 
38  Voyages  et  d^couvertes  faites  par  les  Russes  le  long  des 
c6tes  de  la  Mer  Glaciale  et  sur  rocean  oriental,  tant  vers  le 
Japon  que  vers  I'Amerique.  On  y  a  joint  I'histoire  du  Fleuve 
Amur  et  des  Pays  adjacents,  depuis  la  conquete  des  Russes 
avec  la  nouvelle  carte  qui  presente  ces  decouvertes  et  le  cours 
de  I'Amur,  dressee  sur  des  memoires  authentiques  publiee  par 
I'academie  des  sciences  de  St.  Petersburg,  et  corrigee  en 
dernier  lieu.  Ouvrages  traduits  de  I'Allemand  de  Mr.  G.  P. 
Muller,  par  C.  G.  F.  Dumas.  .         .         Amsterdam. 

12mo.  2  vols.  &c. 

MDCCLXVII. 

1  Anew  collection  of  voyages,  discoveries,  and  travels ;  con- 

taining whatever  is  worthy  of  notice  in  Europe,  Asia,  Africa, 
and  America,  &c.  The  whole  consisting  of  such  English  and 
foreign  authors  as  are  in  most  esteem ;  including  the  descrip- 
tions and  remarks  of  some  late  celebrated  travellers,  not  to  be 
found  in  any  other  collection.  Illustrated  with  a  variety  of 
accurate  maps,  plans,  and  elegant  engravings.  London. 

8vo.  7  vols. 

2  An  account  of  the  discoveries  made  in  the  south  Pacifick 

Ocean,  previous  to  1764.      Parti,  containing,  i.  A  geographi- 
cal description  of  places,    ii.  An  examination  of  the  conduct  of 
the  discoverers  in  the  tracks  they  pursued,     iii.  Investigations 
of  what  may  be  further  expected.        .         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  31  ;    and  103,  4  maps  and  plates. 
By  Alexander  Dalrjmple.     In  his  Historical  Collection,  printed  in  1770,  he 
states  that  only  a  few  copies  were  printed,  and  that  it  was  not  published 
until  some  time  after,  when  it  was  reported  that  the  French  had  discovered 
the  Southern  continent,  the  great  object  of  all  his  researches.      I  have  a 
copy  with  the  plates  on  India  paper. 

3  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD  in  his  Majcsty's  ship  the  Dolphin, 

commanded  by  the  Hon.  Commodore  Byron.  In  which  is 
contained  a  faithful  account  of  the  several  places,  people, 
plants,  animals,  &c.  seen  on  the  voyage:  and,  among  other 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  159 

particulars,  a  minute  and  exact  description  of  the  streights  of  1767. 
Magellan,   and  of  the  gigantic   people  called  Patagonians. 
Together  with  an  accurate  account  of  seven  islands  lately  dis- 
covered in  the  South  Seas.     By  an  officer  on  board  the  said 
ship.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  186;  pi.  3. 
4*  HoRTUs  Elropje  Americanus:   or  a  collection  of  eighty-five 
curious   trees  and  shrubs,  the  produce  of  North   America, 
adapted  to  the  climate  and  soil  of  Great  Britain.         London. 
Quarto,  17  plates. 
This  work  was  prepared  by  Catesby,  and  published  after  his  death.     Copies 
of  it  appear  to  be  uncommon. 

5  The  present  state  of  Great  Britain  and  North  America,  with 

regard  to  agriculture,  population,  trade,  and  manufactures, 
impartially  considered :  containing  a  particular  account  of  the 
dearth  and  scarcity  of  the  necessaries  of  life  in  England ;  the 
want  of  staple  commodities  in  the  colonies  ;  the  decline  of  their 
trade  ;  increase  of  people  ;  and  necessity  of  manufactures,  as 
well  as  of  a  trade  in  them  hereafter.  In  which  the  causes  and 
consequences  of  these  growing  evils,  and  methods  of  prevent- 
ing them,  are  suggested ;  the  proper  regulations  for  the  colonies, 
and  the  taxes  imposed  upon  them,  are  considered,  &c. 
8vo.  pp.  363.  London. 

"  The  author  of  this  treatise  appears  to  be  well  acquainted  with  the  true  in- 
terest, nature,  and  state  of  most  of  our  different  colonies,  in  some  ofwhich 
he  is  supposed  to  have  resided  many  years,  though  at  present  in  England.'' 
M.  R.     Written  by  Dr.  Mitchil.     Allen. 

6  Two  PAPERS  on  the  subject  of  taxing  the  British  colonies  in 

America.  .......         London. 

8vo.  pp.  22. 

From  the  preface  it  appears  that  these  two  papers  were  first  printed  in  1739, 
and  that  they  were  drawn  up  hy  a  club  of  American  merchants,  at  the 
head  of  whom  were  Sir  William  Keith,  Mr.  Joshua  Gee,  and  other  emi- 
nent persons. 

7  Authentic  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  held  at 

New- York,  in   1765,  on  the  subject  of  the  American  stamp 
act.  ........         London. 

8vo.  pp.  37. 

Without  either  printer  or  publisher's  name. 


160  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1767.    8  The   examination  of  Dr.  Benjamin   Franklin   before  an 
Honourable  Assembly,  relative  to  the  repeal  of  the  American 
stamp  act,  in  1766.  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  50. 

No  printer  or  publisher's  name. 

9  A  LETTER  TO  G.  G.     *'  Stiff  in  opinions,  always  in  the  wrong." 
8vo.  pp.  96.  London. 

"  This  letter  to  Lord  George  Grenville,  if  not  the  most  elegant  or  the  most 
correct  of  our  late  political  disquisitions,  is  one  of  the  most  solid  and  most 
intelligent,  and  is  evidently  the  produce  of  no  vulgar  pen,  no  ill-instructed 
hand.  It  is  intended  as  an  answer  to  some  publications  in  defence  of 
Mr.  Grenville's  ministerial  measures."  M.  R. 

10  Experiments  and  observations  on  American  potashes,  with 
an  easy  method  of  determining  their  respective  qualities.  By 
W.  Lewis,  M.  B.  F.  R.S.  Made  at  the  request  of  the  society 
for  encouragement  of  arts,  &c.  in  consequence  of  an  application 
from  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

8vo.  pp.  34.  London. 

Printed  by  order  of  the  society  of  arts,  manufactures,  and  commerce. 

11  A  caution  to  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies,  in  a  short 
representation  of  the  calamitous  state  of  the  enslaved  negroes, 
in  the  British  dominions.     By  Ant.  Benezet.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  46. 

12  EssAi  sur  cette  question,  Quand  et  comment  I'Amerique  a-t- 
elle  ete  peuplee  d'hommes  et  d'animaux  ?     Par  E.  B.  d'E. 

12mo.  5  vols.  Amsterdam. 

By  the  Bailly  d'Engel.  An  edition  in  one  volume,  in  quarto,  was  published 
at  the  same  time.  The  question,  which,  according  to  the  title,  ought  to 
constitute  the  principal  matter  of  this  work,  occupies  but  a  small  part  of 
it.  Engel's  French  works  are  so  full  of  germanisms,  that  it  is  fatiguing  to 
read  them.     Biog.  Univ, 

13  Memoires  geographiques,  physiques,  et  historiques  sur 
I'Asie,  I'Afrique,  et  I'Amerique.  Tires  des  lettres  Edifiantes, 
et  des  voyages  des  Missionnaires  Jesuites.  Par  I'Auteur  de 
Melange  interessans  et  curieux.  .         .         .         Paris. 

12mo.  4  vols. 
By  M.  Rousselet  de  Surgy.    The  fourth  volume  relates  entirely  to  America. 

14  HisTOiRE  DE  LA  NouvELLE-YoRK,  depuis  la  decouverte  de 
cette  province  jusqu'k  notre  siecle,  &c.     Par  William  Smith. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  161 

Traduitede  I'Anglois  par  M.  E.         .  Londres    (Paris.)   1767. 

12mo.  pp.  415.  "^^ 

The  translator  was  M.  Eidous.     The  original  work  was  first  printed  in  1757. 
1.5*  Lettrg  au  docteur  Mati,  sur  les  geans  Patagons. 

12mo.  Bruxelles  {Paris.) 

By  the  Abb6  Coyer. 

16  CoLECcioN   GENERAL  de  las  Providcncias  hasta  aqui  tomadas 

por  el  Gobierno  sobre  el  estranamiento  y  ocupacion  de  tempo- 

ralidades  de  los  Regulares  de  lacompania,  que  existian  en  los 

dominios  de  S.  M.  de  Espaiia,  Indias,  e  Islas  Tilipinas,  acon- 

sequencia  del  Real  decreto  de  27  de  Febrero,  y  Pragmatica- 

sancion  de  2  de  Aviil  de  este  ano.     .         .         .         Madrid. 

Quarto. 

This  collection  of  decrees   relating  to  the  expulsion  of  the  Jesuits  consists 

of  five  parts,  the  last  of  which  was  printed  in  1784.     Thej  are  rarely  met 

with  together. 

17  InFORME    DEL    ViSITADOR    GENERAL    DE     NuEVA     EsPAnA     al 

Marques  de  Croix,  Virrey,  &c.  del  mismo  reyno.     Sobre  los 
motivos  de  la  expedicion  hecha  en  las  provincias  internas, 
causas  que  ha  formado  y  providencias  que  deja  dadas  para  su 
pacificacion.  ......         {Mexico.) 

4to.  pp.  150. 
Without  printer's  name,  year,  or  place,  but  dated  at  the  end,  Mexico,  Dec, 
25,  1767;  at  which  place,  and  at  about  that  time,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
of  its  having  been  printed.  It  is  signed  Joseph  de  Galvez,  apparently  a 
different  person  from  the  minister  of  the  same  name  who  was  sent  to 
Mexico  a  few  years  later,  to  settle  a  dispute  between  the  Viceroy  and  the 
Audiencia.  The  expedition  to  which  the  present  work  relates  was  un- 
dertaken to  take  preparatory  measures  for  expelling  the  Jesuits. 

MDCCLXVIII. 
1  The  JOURNAL  of  a  two  months'  tour ;  with  a  view  of  promoting 
religion  among  the  frontier  inhabitants  of  Pensylvania,  and  of 
introducing  Christianity  among  the  Indians,  to  the  westward 
of  the  Alegh-geny  mountains.  To  which  are  added,  remarks 
on  the  language  and  customs  of  some  particular  tribes  among 
the  Indians,  with  a  brief  account  of  the  various  attempts  that 
have  been  made  to  civilize  and  convert  them,  from  the  first 
settlement  of  New  England  to  this  day.     By  Charles  Beatty, 

A.M London. 

8vo.  pp.  110. 


1 02  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1768.  '^^''  journal,  though  chiefly  of  a  religious  cast,  is  enlivened  with  many 

v^K^^  agreeable  notes  and  circumstances  relating  to  the  manners  and   customs 

of  the  Delaware  Indians,  who,  from  certain  similar  customs  and  some  tra- 
ditions among  them,  the  author  conjectures  to  be  the  descendants  of  the 
ten  tribes  of  Israel,  which  has  also  been  suggested  in  regard  to  the  natives 
of  other  parts  of  America. 

2  A  SHORT  HISTORY  of  Barbados,  from  its  first  discovery  and  settle- 

ment, to  the  end  of  the  year  1767.  .         .         London. 

Small  8vo. 

3  Remarks  upon  a  book  intitled  A  short  history  of  Barbados:  in 

which  the  partial  and  unfair  representations  of  the  author, 

upon  the  subjects  of  his  history  in  general,  and  upon  that  of  the 

demand  of  privileges  in  particular,  are  detected  and  exposed. 

8vo.  London. 

First  printed  in  Barbados. 

4  The  great  probability  of  a  North  West  Passage  :  deduced 

from  observations  on  the  letter  of  Admiral  de  Fonte,  who 
sailed  from  the  Callao  of  Lima,  on  the  discovery  of  a  commu- 
nication between  the  South  Sea  and  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  and 
to  intercept  some  navigators  from  Boston,  in  New  England, 
whom  he  met  with,  then  in  search  of  a  North  West  passage. 
Proving  the  authenticity  of  the  admiral's  letter.  With  three 
explanatory  maps.  By  Thomas  Jefferys.  With  an  appendix, 
containing  the  account  of  a  discovery  of  part  of  the  coast  and 
inland  country  of  Labrador,  made  in  1753.  The  whole  in- 
tended for  the  advancement  of  trade  and  commerce. 
Quarto,  pp.  (18G.)  London. 

Jefferys  was  not  the  author,  his  name  being  on  the  title  merely  in  reference 

to  the  mnps,  which  were  prepared   by  him.     He  was  also  the  publisher. 

The  author  is  said  by  Meusel  to  have  been  Theodoi-e  Swindrage.      Watts 

calls  the  author  Dragge,  who  was  probably  the  clerk  of  the  California. 

(See  1748.) 

6  A  GENERAL  TOPOGRAPHY  of  North  America  and  the  West 
Indies :  being  a  collection  of  all  the  maps,  charts,  plans  and 
particular  surveys,  that  have  been  published,  of  that  part  of 
the  world,  in  Europe  or  America.  Engraved  by  Thos.  Jefferys, 
geographer  to  the  King,  &c.  ....  London. 
Folio. 

6  The  narrative  of  the  Hon.  John  Byron,  (Commodore  in  a 
late  expedition  round  the  world,)  containing  an  account  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  163 

great  distresses  suffered  by  himself  and  his  companions  on  the  1768. 
coast  of  Patagonia,   from  the  year   1740,   till  their  arrival    ^^ 
in  England,  1746.     With  a  description  of  St.  Jago  de  Chili, 
and  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  inhabitants ;  also  a  rela- 
tion of  the  loss  of  the  Wager  man  of  war,  one  of  Admiral 
Anson's  squadron.      Written  by  himself,  and  now  first  pub- 
lished. .......  London. 

8vo.  pp.  viii.  and  257. 

7  The   Boston   chronicle   for   the   year  m.dcc.lxviii.      With 

many  supplements  and  extraordinary  papers.     Volume  I. 
Quarto.  Boston. 

"  This  journal  was  commenced  Dec.  14,  1767,  and  continued  in  quarto  to 
Dec.  26,  1768.  It  was  afterwards  published  in  folio,  but  was  discon- 
tinued in  June  1770."     Thomas's  Hist,  of  Printing,  ii.  p.  2-47. 

8  Continued  coRRurTioN,  standing  armies,  and  popular  dis- 

contents considered ;    and  the  establishment  of  the  English 

colonies  in   America,  with  various  subsequent  proceedings, 

and  the  present  contests,   examined,  with  intent  to  promote 

their  cordial  and  perpetual  union  with  their  mother  country, 

for  their  mutual  honour,  comfort,  strength  and  safety. 

Quarto,  pp.  82.  London. 

With  a  fine  engraving  bj  Bartolozzi.    An  important  tract,  written  bj  Bollan. 

Another  pamphlet  by  him  was  published  in  this  year,  entitled  An  Epistle 

from  Timoleon  to  Electors  of  Parliament ,  in  quarto. 

9  The  American  gazette  ;  being  a  collection  of  all  the  authentic 

addresses,  memorials,  letters,  &c.  which  relate  to  the  present 
disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies  containing 
also  many  original  papers,  never  before  published.     No.  1. 
8vo.  London. 

No.  VI.  which  concluded  this  work ,  was  published  in  1770. 

10  The  constitutional  right  of  the  Legislature  of  Great  Britain 

to  tax  the  British  colonies  in  America,  impartially  stated. 
8vo.  London. 

"  However  impartial  this  writer  may  pretend  to  be,  he  is  an  imperious  as- 
sertor  of  the  right  he  professes  to  state  so  fairly."  M.  R. 

11  An  enquiry  into  the  nature  and  causes  of  the  present  disputes 

between   the  British  colonies  in  America,  and  their  mother 
country ;    and  their  reciprocal  claims  and  just  rights  imparti- 
ally examined  and  fairly  stated.         .         .         .         London. 
8vo. 


164  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1768.    12  The  first  measures  necessary  to  be  taken  in  the  American 
'•"^^  department.  ......         London. 

Quarto. 

13  Letters  from  a  farmer  in  Pennsylvania,   to  the  inhabitants  of 

the  British  colonies.  .....         Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  148. 

Reprinted  in  London.     "A  calm  yet  full  enquiry  into  the  right  of  the 

British   Parliament  to  tax  the  American  colonies ;    the  unconstitutional 

nature  of  which  attempt  is  maintained  in  a  well-connected  chain  of  close 

and  manly  reasoning."  M.R.  Written  by  Mr.  Dickinson,  of  Pennsylvania. 

14  The  administration    of  the  colonies.     The  fourth  edition. 

Wherein  their  rights  and  constitution  are  discussed  and  stated, 
by  Thomas  Pownall,  late  governor,  &c.  .         London, 

Svo. 

Many  additions  are  made  to  this  edition. 

15  The  true  sentiments  of  America:  contained  in  a  collection 

of  letters  sent  from  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  pro- 
vince of  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  several  persons  of  high  rank 
in  this  kingdom  :  together  with  certain  papers  relating  to  a 
supposed  libel  on  the  governor  of  that  province,  and  a  disser- 
tation on  the  canon  and  feudal  law.  .  .  London. 
Svo.  pp.  158. 
"  It  is  but  strict  justice  to  say  that  the  remonstrances  contained  in  these 

papers  are  penned  with  manly  spirit,  and  with  decent  freedom."    M.R. 

In  Col.  Aspinwall's  catalogue,  this  pamphlet  is  stated  to  have  been  written 

by  Thomas  Hollis. 

16  A  LETTER  to  the  Bishop  of  LandafF  ;  occasioned  by  some  pas- 

sages in  his  lordship's  sermon,  on  the  20th  of  February,  1767; 
in  which  the  American  colonies  are  loaded  with  great  and  un- 
deserved reproach.     By  William  Livingston.  London. 
Svo. 

First  printed  in  New  York. 

17  HisTOiRE  NATURELLE  ET  POLITIQUE  dc  la  Pcnsylvauie,  et  de 

I'etablissement  des  Quakers  dans  cette  contree.     Traduite  de 
I'Allemand.      P.M.D.S.    Censeur    royal.       Precede    d'une 
carte  geographique.  .....  Paris. 

12mo.  pp.  20  and  372. 
The  author  of  this  work  was  M.  Rousselot  de  Surgy.     It  is  principally  ex- 
tracted and  translated  from  Kalm  ( 17.^53)  and  Mittelberger  (1756.) 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  165 

18  Lettre  de  M.  Robert  de  Vaugondy  au  sujet  d'une  carte  1768. 

systematique  des  pays  septentrion  aux  de  I'Asie  et  de  I'Ame-    "^^^^ 
rique.         ........         Paris. 

Quarto. 

19  Journal   d'un  voyage  k  la  Louisiane,  fait  en  1720.     Par 

M***,  Capitaine  de  Vaisseau  du  Roi.         A  la  Haye  (Paris.) 

12mo.  pp.  316. 

This  amusing  but  unimportant  little  volume  is  not  mentioned  in  Barbier's 

Dictionnaire  des  Anonymes.      Tbe  author  was  M.  de  Valette  Laudun,  the 

commander  of  the  Toulouse,  the  ship  in  which  father  Laval  (see  1728) 

made  the  same  voyage  as  mathematician.       Tbe  work  is  in  tbe  form  of 

letters,  addressed  to  a  lady. 

20  Description  geographique  des  debouquemens  qui  sont  au 

nord  de  I'isle  de  Saint  Domingue,  avec  des  cartes  et  des 

plans  des  isles  qui  forment  ces  passages  et  les  dangers  qui  s'y 

trouvent  pour  le  service  des  vaisseaux  du  roy.     Par  N.  Bellin. 

Quarto,  pp.  152,  maps  and  plans.  Paris. 

21  NouvEAUx  voyages   aux  Indes  Occidentales  ;    contenant 

une  relation  des  difFerens  peuples  qui  habitente  les  environs 
du  grand  fleuve  St.  Louis,  appelle  vulgairement  le  Mississipi; 
leur  religion,  leur  gouvernment,  leurs  moeurs,  leurs  guerres,  et 
leur  commerce.     Par  M.  Bossu.     Capitaine  dans  les  troupes 
de  la  marine.  ......         Paris. 

12mo.  2  parts  in  1  vol. 
These  travels  of  Bossu  in  Louisiana  were  translated  by  Foster,  and  printed 
in  1771.     Bossu  made  another  voyage  to  America,  an  account  of  which 
was  printed  in  1777. 

22  Recherches  philosopiiiques  sur  les  Americains,  ou  me- 
moires  interessantes  pour  servir  k  I'histoire  de  I'espece  hu- 
maine.  Par  Mr.  de  P  *  *  *.  ''Studio  disposta  Jideli." 
Lucret.  .......         Berlin. 

Small  8vo.  3  vol. 
By  Mr.  de  Pauw.     The  second  volume  was  published  in  1769;   and  the 
third,  being  a  defence  of  the  two  first,  against  the  Abbe  Pernetty,  in 
1770.     A  new  edition,  with  considerable  additions,  by  the  author,  was 
printed  at  CUves,  in  1772. 

23  HisToiRE  generale  de  I'Amerique,  depuis  sa  decouverte,  qui 

comprend  I'histoire  naturelle,  ecclesiastique,  militaire,  morale 


166  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1768.  et  civile  des  contrees  de  cette  grande  partie  du  monde.     Par 

le  P.  Antoine  Touron,  de  I'ordre  des  fr^res  prfecheurs.  Paris. 

12mo.  14  vol. 

Father  Tourou's  history  is  almost  entirely  ecclesiastical,  and  relates  only 
to  Spanish  and  Portuguese  America. 

24  HiSTORiA  DEL  ESTABLKCiMiENTO  y  comcrcio  de  las  colonias 
Inglesas  en  la  America  Septentrional :  en  que  se  da  noticia 
del  estado  actual  de  su  poblacion  y  algunas  relaciones  indi- 
viduals y  curiosas,  acerca  de  la  constitucion  de  su  gobierno, 
principalmente  de  el  de  la  Nueva  Inglaterra,  de  la  Pennsyl- 
vania, de  la  Carolina,  y  de  la  Georgia.  Traducido  del 
Frances.  .......         Madrid. 

Small  8vo. 
Translated  from  Batel  Dumoat's  Histoire  det  Colonies,  etc.     No.  28,  1755. 

25  ViAGE  AL  EsTRECHO  DE  Magallanes  por  cl  Capitan  Pedro 
Sarmiento  de  Gamboa.  En  los  afios  de  1579,  y  1.C80,  y 
noticia  de  la  expedicion  que  despues  hizo  para  poblar  le. 

Quarto,  pp.  Ixxxiv.  402,  xxxiii.  plates  3.  Madrid. 

The  journal  of  the  voyage  of  Sarmiento  was  printed  from  the  original  ms., 

preserved  in  the  royal  library  at  Madrid.     The  editor  was  Don  Bernardo 

Yriarte,  the  original  ms.  of  the  introduction,  &c.  in  his  hand-writing, 

being  in  my  possession. 

26  CoLECCiON  geneual  de  documentos  tocantes  k  la  persecu- 
cion  que  los  regulares  de  la  €»•  suscitaron  y  siguieron  tenaz- 
mente,  &c.  des  de  1644,  hasta  1660  contra  Fr.  Bernardino 
de  Cardenas  del  orden  de  S.  Francisco,  obispo  del  Para- 
guay, expeliendole  tres  veces  de  su  obispado  a  uferza  de  armas, 
&c.  por  evitar  que  este  prclado  entrare  ni  visitare  sus  misiones 
del  Parana,  Uruguay  e  Itati.  Van  aiiadidos  en  esta  edicion 
muchos  documentos  ineditos,  &c.  .         .         Madrid. 

Quarto,  4  vols. 

A  curious  collection,  containing  the  following  pieces : 

Vol.  I.     Prologo  que  sirve  de  introduccion,  pp.  58. 

Memorial  y  Defensorio  al  Rey  N.  S.  por  el  credito,  &c.  del  Obispo  del 

Paraguay,  respondiendo  a  las  memoriales  del  P.  Julian  de  Pedraza  : 

Procuradorde  los  religiosos  de  la  C'.,  &c.  pp.  387. 
Vol.  II.      Apendice  de  monumentos   pertenecientes   a  las   controversias 

de   los   regulares  de  la  compaiiia  en  el   Paraguay  contra  el  venerable 

obispo  Fr.  B.  de  Cardenas,  pp.  84. 
Discursos  juridicos  en  defensa  de  la  consagracion  de  Don  Fr.  B.  de  Car- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  167 

denas,  obispo  del  Paraguay,  &c.      Por  el  Lie".  Don  Alonso  Carillo,  pp.    1768. 
283.  <^v*/ 

Vol.  III.     Memorial  ajustado  de  D.  Josef  Antequera,  pp.  239. 

Cartas  del  S'.  Dr.  D.  Josef  de  Antequera  y  Castro  Cavallero,  &c.  y 
Capitan  general  que  fue  del  Paraguay  escritas  al  S'.  M.  F.  Joseph  de 
Palos,  obispo  taliense  y  coadiutor  de  la  dicha  prorincia  de  Paraguay, 
pp.  374. 

Copia  del  luforme  que  hizo  el  Genl.  D.  Mathias  de  Angles  y  Gortari, 
Corregidor  del  Potosi,  &c.  pp.  04. 

Vol.  IV.  Coleccion  general  de  documentos  tocantes  k  la  tercera  6poca  de 
las  conmociones  de  los  regulares  de  la  compaiii  en  61  Paraguay.  Con- 
tiene  el  Reyno  Jesuitico  del  Paraguay  por  siglo  y  medio  negado  y  oculto, 
hoy  demostrado  y  descubierto.  Su  author  D.  Bernardo  Ibaiiez  de  £cha- 
yarria,  (pp.  241.)  Va  aiiadido  el  Diario  de  la  guerra  de  los  Guaranies 
escrito  por  el  P.  Tadeo  Henis,  (pp.  113.) 

27  Causa  jesuitica  de  Portugal,    o    documentos  autenticos, 

biilas,  leyes  reales,  despachos  de  la  secretaria  de  Estado  y 
otras  piezas  originales,  que  precedieron  k  la  reforma  y  moti- 
varon  despues  la  expulsion  de  los   Jesuitas  de  los  dominios 
de  Portugal.      En  que  se  halla  la  republica  del  Paraguay,  y 
Maranon,  que  contiene  la  relacion  de  la  guerra  que  susten- 
taron  los  Jesuitas,  contra  las  tropas  Espanolas  y  Portuguesas, 
en  el  Uruguay,  y  Parana.     Traducidas  del  Latin,  y  Portu- 
gues,  e  ilustradas  en  esta  edicion  espanola.         .         Madrid. 
Quarto,  pp.  xxviii.  172. 
A  great  many  works  were  published  in  Spain  and  Portugal  against  the 
Jesuits  about  this  time.      The  present  relates  principally  to  their  pro- 
ceedings in  Paraguay. 

28  *Neue  Nachrichten  von  den  Missionen  der  Jesuiten  in  Para- 

guay und  von  andern  damit  verbundnen  Vorgangen  in  der 
Spanischcn  monarchic.      Aus  dem  Spanischen.     Hamburgh. 
8vo. 

Meusel,  3,  2,  37. 

29  *Beytrag  zur  Gesciiiciite  von  Paraguay,  und  den  Missi- 

onen der  Jesuiten  daselbst.  .         .         .         Frankfurt. 

«vo. 

Meusel.     Ut  supra. 


168  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1769. 

MDCCLXIX. 

1  A  COLLECTION  OF  ORIGINAL  PAPERS  relative  to  the  history  of 

the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  .  Boston,  N.  A. 

8vo.  pp.  576. 
This  collection  of  papers  was  published  by  Lieut.  Got.  Hutchinson,  "  to  sup- 
port and  elucidate  the  principal  facts  related  in  the  first  part  of  the  His- 
tory of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  may  serve  as  an  appendix  to  it."  "The 
author  of  that  history  was  possessed  of  many  other  ancient  and  very 
curious  original  papers,  which  are  irrecoverably  lost,  by  an  unfortunate 
event,  sufficiently  known."  This  alludes  to  the  destruction  of  his  papers 
by  the  mob,  at  the  time  of  the  riots  in  Boston,  on  account  of  the  stamp 
act,  in  1765. 

2  The  American   traveller,   or  observations  on  the  present 

state,  culture,  and  commerce  of  the  British  colonies  in 
America,  and  the  further  improvements  of  which  they  are 
capable;  with  an  account  of  the  exports,  imports,  and  returns 
of  each  colony  respectively;  and  of  the  numbers  of  British 
ships  and  seamen,  merchants,  traders,  and  manufacturers, 
employed  by  all  collectively:  together  with  the  amount  of 
the  revenue  arising  to  Great  Britain  therefrom.  In  a  series 
of  letters,  written  originally  to  the  Right  Hon.  the  earl  of 
*  *  *.     By  an  old  and  experienced  Trader.  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  122,  and  map. 
By  Alexander  Cluny.  "  The  author  was  the  first  to  give  accurate  intelli  • 
gence  of  Hudson's  Bay,  and  to  institute  an  inquiry  about  a  more  success- 
ful commerce  with  the  Americans.  The  book  was  said  to  Lave  been 
published  under  the  auspices  of  Lord  Chatham:  and  both  the  English  and 
Americans,  at  that  crisis,  were  so  eager  to  possess  it,  that  it  was  bought 
and  read  by  one  party  with  the  same  avidity  that  it  was  bought  and  de- 
stroyed by  the  other.  Dibdin.  Even  in  1775,  according  to  Daines 
Barrington,  it  was  a  book  not  commonly  to  be  met  with.  It  was  pub- 
lished in  French  in  1783. 

3  An  historical  journal  of  the  campaigns  in  North  America, 

for  the  years  1757,  1758,  1759,  and  1760:  containing  the 
most  remarkable  occurrences  of  that  period,  particularly  the 
two  sieges  of  Quebec,  &c. ;  the  orders  of  the  admirals  and 
general  officers ;  descriptions  of  the  countries  where  the 
author  has  served,  with  their  forts  and  garrisons;  their 
climate,  soil,  and  produce;  and  a  regular  diary  of  the  weather. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  169 

As  also  several  manifestos,  a  mandate  of  the  late  bishops  of  1769. 
Canada,   the  French  orders  and  disposition  for  the  defence  of    '^'^ 
the  colony,  &c.     By  Captain  John  Knox,  &c.  London. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 

"A  very  valuable  collection  of  materials  towards  a  history  of  our  late  war 
and  conquests  in  Nortb  America,  as  well  as  for  a  description  and  natural 
history  of  those  parts  of  the  country  in  which  this  attentive  and  indus- 
trious officer  personally  served.  The  work,  in  its  present  form,  as  a 
journal,  in  which  every  occurrence,  however  minute,  is  registered,  may 
seem  tedious  to  many  readers  ;  and  some  parts  are  undoubtedly  trivial, 
but  these  are  amply  compensated  for  by  others  of  real  importance,  and 
of  the  most  interesting  nature,  particularly  the  ever-memorable  sieges  of 
Quebec,  &c.  Mr.  Knox  appears  to  be  a  man  of  sense,  with  more  litera- 
ture than  usually  falls  to  the  share  of  officers  in  the  army  ;  and  we  have 
no  reason  to  doubt  his  having  recorded  the  several  events  of  these 
famous  campaigns  with  the  utmost  exactness  and  fidelity.  In  brief,  his 
work  will  prove  an  agreeable  amusement  to  readers  of  every  class,  and  to 
military  readers  in  particular ;  it  will  afford  not  only  very  high  enter- 
tainment, but  much  useful  information  in  the  way  of  their  profession." 
M.  R. 

4  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  East  Florida,  with  a  journal  kept  by  John 

Bartram,  of  Philadelphia,  botanist   to  his   Majesty  for  the 
Floridas,  upon  a  journey  from  St.  Augustine,  up  the  river 
St.  John's,  as  far  as  the  lakes ;    with  explanatory  notes.     Il- 
lustrated with  an  accurate  map  of  East  Florida,  a  plan  of  St. 
Augustine,  and  another  of  the  bay  Espiritu  Santo.      London. 
Quarto,  pp.  96. 
The  third  edition  of  Mr.  Stork's  account  of  East  Florida,  &c.  (see  No.  2,  of 
1766)  with  the  addition  of  maps  and  botanical  notes. 

5  •Remarks  on  a  passage  from  the  river  Balise,  in  the  Bay  of 

Honduras,  to  Merida,  the  capital  of  the  province  of  Yucatan, 

in  the  Spanish  West  Indies.     By  Lieut.  Cook,  ordered  by 

Sir  William  Burnaby,  rear-admiral  of  the  red,  in  Jamaica ; 

with  despatches  to  the  govenor  of  the  province,  relative  to  the 

logwood-cutters  in  the  bay.  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

«  Some  of  Mr.  Cook's  observations,  in  his  passage  through  tlie  country,  (in 

176^,)  though  not  written  with  elegance,  will  be  entertaining  to  readers 

in  general."  M.  R. 

6  An  essay  on  the  natural  history  of  Guiana,  in  South  America. 

Containing  a  description  of  many  curious  productions  in  the 


170  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1769.  animal  and  vegetable  systems  of  that  country.      Together 

^"'^  with  an  account  of  the  religion,  manners,  and  customs  of 

several  tribes  of  its  Indian  inhabitants.     Interspersed  with  a 

variety  of  literary   and   medical  observations.       In  several 

letters  from  a  gentleman  of  the  medical  faculty,  during  his 

residence  in  that  country.       .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  402. 

A  verj  useful  and  entertaining  work,  written  by  Dr.  Edward  Bancroft. 

7  The  histoky  of  Paraguay  :    containing,  among  many  other 

new,  curious,  and  interesting  particulars  of  that  country,  a 
full  and  authentic  account  of  the  establishments  formed  there 
by  the  Jesuits,  &c.  Written  originally  in  French,  by  the 
celebrated  Father  Charlevoix.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

An  abridgment  of  Father  Charlevoix'  large  work,  printed  in  1758. 

8  A  LETTER  to  the  R.  H.  Horatio  Walpole,  esq.:  written  Jan.  9, 

1750-1,  by  the  R.  R,  Thomas  Seeker,  ll.d.,  bishop  of 
Oxford,  concerning  bishops  in  America.  .  London. 

8vo. 
"  This  letter  is  written  in  an  easy,  agreeable,  and  artful  manner,  with 
great  appearance  of  moderation  and  candour."  JNI.  R. 

9  Private  letters  from  an  American,  in  England,  to  his  friends 

in  America.  ....  London. 

Small  8vo. 
"  These  letters  are  supposed  to  be  written  towards  the  end  of  the  eighteenth 
(meaning  apparently  the  nineteenth)  century,  by  a  young  American,  who 
is  stimulated  by  curiosity  to  visit  the  country  of  liis  ancestors.  The  seat 
of  government  is  transferred  to  America,  and  England  is  an  almost  de- 
serted, depopulated  nation,"  &c.  M.  R.  The  reviewer  does  not  appear  to 
relish  the  joke  at  all,  and  shows  sometliing  of  that  sensitiveness  which  the 
reviewers  of  the  present  day  accuse  the  Americans  of  having  so  much  of. 

10  Thoughts  on  the  origin  and  nature  of  governments:    occa- 

sioned by  the  late  disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  her 
American  colonies.     Written  in  the  year  1766.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  64. 

The  writer  of  this  pamphlet  "  resolves  all  right  and  /aw  into  power.  As  it 
is  by  no  means  to  be  wished  that  Britons  or  British  Americans  will  ever 
subscribe  to  our  author's  ideas,  he  may  stand  a  better  chance  by  publish- 
ing his  future  tlioughts  on  gorernment  at  ^Morocco,  under  the  emperor's 
imprimatur."  M.  R. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  171 

11  The  case  of  Great  Britain  and  America,  addressed  to  the  King,   1769. 

and  both  Houses  of  Parliament.         .         .         .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  43. 
"A  well  connected  and  clear  state  of  our  disputes  with  the  colonies  con- 
cerning taxation,  reduced  into  a  short  compass;  and  one  of  the  best  tracts 
on  the  subject.''    M.  R. 

12  The  controversy  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies 

reviewed;  the  several  pleas  of  the  colonies,  in  support  of  their 
right  to  all  the  liberties  and  privileges  of  British  subjects, 
and  to  exemption  from  the  legislative  authority  of  parliament, 
stated  and  considered ;  and  the  nature  of  their  connection 
with,  and  dependance  on,  Great  Britain,  shewn,  upon  the 
evidence  of  historical  facts  and  authentic  records.  London. 
8vo.  pp.  207,  Iv. 

Written  by  William  Knox,  under  secretary  of  state  for  American  affiiirs. 
"  A  very  close  and  shrewd  examination  of  the  charter,  constitution, 
government,  past  conduct,  and  present  pretensions  of  the  British  colonies; 
in  which  the  author  labors  to  demonstrate,  from  many  acts  of  parliament 
never  objected  to,  the  entire  sovereignty  o(  parliament  over  all  the  colo- 
nies. It  is  therefore  a  performance  deserving  the  mature  consideration 
of  both  parties  involved  in  the  present  unhappy  contest ;  for,  if  the 
Americans  have  nothing  satisfactory  to  offer  to  invalidate  the  positive 
evidences  here  brought  in  opposition  to  their  claims  of  exemption  from 
parliamentary  authority,  many  will  undoubtedly  hesitate  in  opinion  as 
to  the  real  merits  of  their  opposition."  M.  R. 

13  Observations    on  the   Review  of   the  controversy  between 

Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

14  Remarks  on  the  review  of  the  controversy  between   Great 

Britain  and  her  colonies.     In  which  the  errors  of  its  author 
are  exposed  and  the  claims  of  the  colonies  vindicated,  upon 
the  evidence  of  historical  facts  and  authentic  records.     To 
which  is  subjoined,  a  proposal  for  terminating  the  present 
unhappy  disputes   with  the  colonies ;    recovering  their  com- 
merce;    reconciliating  their  affection ;   securing  their  rights; 
and  establishing  their  dependence  on  a  just  and  permanent 
basis.     Humbly  submitted  to  the  consideration  of  the  British 
legislature.  .  .....         London. 

8vo. 
By  Dr.  Edward  Bancroft.     ••  The  review  of  the  American  Controversy, 


172  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 

1769.  0^0.  13,)  is  here  sharply  and  successfully  attacked,  by  an  able  hand; 

who,  attending  to  the  obvious  import  of  words  in  the  charters  of  the 
principal  colonies,  and  the  general  tenor  of  those  transactions  wherein 
they  have  been  concerned,  clearly  proves  them  to  be  distinct  dependen- 
cies, not  included  within  the  realm  of  England,  but  having  constitutions 
framed  after  the  same  model."   M.  R. 

15  A  LETTER  to  the  earl  of  Hillsborough,  on  the  present  situation 
of  affairs  in  America.  In  which  the  arguments  in  favor  of 
the  colonies  are  placed  in  a  new  point  of  view,  and  their 
rights  and  privileges  are  incontestibly  demonstrated  on  con- 
stitutional principles,  supported  by  unanswerable  arguments, 
drawn  from  their  ancient  original  charters,  and  the  circum- 
stances attending  their  first  settlement.  Together  with  a 
serious  and  impartial  consideration  of  the  consequences  which 
must  necessarily  result  from  the  exercise  of  coercive  measures, 
to  compel  them  to  a  submission  to  the  late  acts  of  parliament. 
Also  an  appendix,  in  answer  to  a  pamphlet,  intitled  The 
Constitutional  Right  of  Great  Britain  to  tux  the  colonies. 

8vo.  London. 

"  Auother  very  spirited  advocate  for  the  liberties  of  America."     M.  R. 

16  The  rights  of  the  colonies,  and  the  extent  of  the  legislative 
authority  of  Great  Britain,  briefly  stated  and  considered. 

8vo.  London. 

"  The  great  points  of  representation  and  taxation  are  here  decided  against 
the  colonies,  by  a  very  sensible  writer.  His  ideas  of  colonisation,  how- 
ever, will,  we  believe,  be  disputed  by  our  American  brethren."  M.  R. 

17  Shall  I  go  to  war  with  my  American  brethren?  A  discourse 
from  Judges  xx.  28.  Addressed  to  all  concerned  in  deter- 
mining that  important  question.  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

By  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Erskine,  d.d.     See  1776. 

18  A  VINDICATION  of  the  British  colonies.  By  James  Otis,  esq., 
of  Boston.  ....  London. 

8vo. 
First  printed  in  Boston.  "  Soon  after  the  news  arrived  in  America  of  pass- 
ing the  stamp  act,  Mr.  Hopkins,  governor  of  Rhode  Island,  wrote  a  small 
tract  on  that  subject,  (see  No.  17,  1765.)  He  was  answered  by  Mr. 
Howard,  in  'a  Letter  to  a  gentleman  at  Halifax.'  This  tract  now  offered 
to  the  public  is  Mr.  Otis's  reply  to  that  Halifax  letter.  We  see  in  it 
the  first  leader  in  the  American  disputes  declaring  the  universal  opinion 
of  the  colonies  against  the  authority  of  the  British  parliament."  Adv. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  173 

19  An  inquiry  into  the  rights  of  the  British  colonies;    intended   1769. 

as  an  answer  to  **  the  Regulations  lately  made  concerning  the    "■'^^ 
colonies,  and  the  taxes  imposed  upon  them  considered."     In 
a  letter  to  the  author.     By  Richard  Bland,  of  Virginia. 
8vo.  London. 

First  printed  at  Williamsburg,  Virginia.  "  Mr.  Bland  is  by  no  means  a  bad 
advocate  for  his  countrymen  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic."  M.  R. 

20  The  true  constitutional    means    for  putting   an   end   to 

the  disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  the  American  colo- 
nies. .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  38. 
"  The  author's  expedient  for  putting  an  end  to  the  disputes  with  the  colonies 
is,  a  tax  upon  all  the  lands  possessed  by  British  subjects  in  America, 
ad  valorem  of  their  rents,  to  be  for  ever  rated  by  the  imposition  of  the 
land-tax  in  Great  Britain  ;  so  that  the  same  act  which  imposes  the  one 
should  impose  the  other,  always  in  the  same  degree."  M.  R. 

21  The  present  state  of  liberty  in  Great  Britain  and  her  colo- 

nies.    By  an  Englishman.         .  .  .  London. 

8vo. 
"  A  political  catechism  adapted  to  the  present  season,  being  the  current 
detail  of  grievances  and  apprehensions,  hashed  into  a  dialogue."   M.  R. 

22  A  SHORT  VIEW  of  the  history  of  the   colony  of  Massachusetts 

Bay,  with  respect  to  its  original  charter  and  constitution. 
8vo.  pp.  71.  London. 

"  The  object  of  this  history  is  to  show  that  the  colonists  have  no  charter 
exemption  from  the  authority  of  Parliament."  M.  R.  By  Israel 
Manduit.     (See  1774.) 

23  Letters  to  the  ministry,  from  Gov.  Bernard,  Gen.  Gage, 

and  Com.  Hood.     And  also  memorials  to  the  lords  of  the 
treasury,  from  the    commissioners  of  the  customs.       With 
sundry  letters  and  papers  annexed  to  the  said  memorials. 
8vo.  pp.  146.  London. 

24  Letters  to  the  R.  H.  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough,   from 

Governor  Bernard,  Gen.  Gage,  and  the  Hon.  H.  M.'s 
Council  for  the  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  With  an 
appendix,  containing  divers  proceedings  referred  to  in  the 
said  letters.  .  .  •  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  165. 


174  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1769.  These  two  collections  of  letters  were  first  printed  in  Boston.    Thej  com- 

x^.m^  mence  in  January,  1768,  and  reach  to  July,  1769.     So  that  the  two  con- 

tain a  complete  view  of  the  political  contests  and  dissensions  in  the 
colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  during  that  period.  The  copies  were  ob- 
tained and  sent  to  Boston  by  William  Bollan,  at  the  time  agent  for 
the  council  of  Massachusetts.  "  In  our  opinion,  the  gentlemen  of  the 
council  have  greatly  the  advantage  over  the  governor  and  the  general, 
with  respect  to  the  solidity  and  force  of  the  arguments  used  by  them, 
and  have  completely  vindicated  themselves  from  the  charges  brought 
against  them  by  the  officers  of  the  crown,  in  their  letters  to  Lord  Hills- 
borough." M.  R. 

25  An  appeal  to  the  world;    or  a  vindication  of  the  town  of 

Boston  from  many  false  and  malicious  aspersions   contained 
in  certain  letters  and  memorials,  written  by  Governor  Bernard, 
General  Gage,  Commodore  Hood,  the  commissioners  of  the 
American  board  of  customs,  and  others,  and  by  them  respec- 
tively transmitted  to  the  British  ministry.     Published  by  order 
of  the  town.  ......         Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  58. 

Reprinted  in  London  in  the  following  year.  Copies  of  this  book  were 
ordered  at  a  town  meeting  to  be  sent  to  Col.  Isaac  Barr^,  Governor 
Pownal,  Doctor  Franklin,  William  Bollan,  Dennys  de  Berdt,  and  Alder- 
man Trecothick. 

26  Observations  on  several  acts  of  Parliament  passed  in   the 

4th,  6th  and  7th  years  of  his  present  Majesty's  reign  ;  and 
also  on  the  conduct  of  the  officers  of  the  customs  since  those 
acts  were  passed,  and  the  board  of  commissioners  appointed 
to  reside  in  America.  Published  by  the  merchants  of 
Boston.  ....  (Boston  N.  A.) 

8vo.  pp.  24. 

Reprinted  in  London  in  the  following  year. 

27  A  LETTER  to  the  Right  Honourable  the  Earl  of  H — b — h,  H.M.'s 

S — y  of  S — te  for  the  C — 1 — s,  on  the  present  situation  of 
affairs  in  the  island  of  Gr — n — da.  .  .  Wilkie. 

8vo.  pp.  54. 

28  Journal  iiistorique  d'un  voyage  fait  aux  Isles  Malouines 

en  1763  et  1764,  pour  les  reconnoitre,  et  y  former  un 
etablissement;  et  de  deux  voyages  au  Detroit  de  Ma- 
gellan,  avec   une   relation   sur    les    Patagons.       Par   Dom 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  175 

Pernetty,  abbe,  &c.  et  bibliothecaire  de  S.  M.  le  Roy  de    1769. 
Prusse.  .....  Berlin, 

8vo.  2  vols. 

Published  Id  English  in  ]771. 

29  Dissertation  sur  TAmeriqueetles  Americains  contre  les  recher- 

ches  philosophiques  de  Mr.  de  P.  Par  Doin.  Ant.  Jos.  Pernetty. 
Small  8vo.  Berlin. 

This  answer  to  De  Pauw's  Recherche$  philosophiques  produced  in  1770  his 
Defense,  &c.  to  which  Dom  Pernetty  replied,  in  2  vols,  in  1771. 

30  Relation  historique  de  I'expedition  contre  les  Indiens  de 

rOhio  en  1764,  &c.   Traduit  de  I'Anglois  par  C.  G.  F.  Dumas. 
8vo.  Amsterdam. 

A  translation  of  Hutchins's  account  of  Col.  Bouquet's  expedition,  printed 
in  1766. 

31*  Voyages  et  avantures  du  Chevalier  de  ***  contenant  les 
voyages  de  I'auteur  dans  les  Isles  Antilles  Francoises  du  Vent 
de  I'Amerique  Septentionale,  et  compris  les  Isles  Caraibes 
de  St.  Vincent,  Sainte  Lucie  et  la  Dominique,  et  dans 
celle  de  S.  Thomas,  appartenant  aux  Danois. 
12mo.  4  vols.  Londres  {Paris?) 

MeuselS,  1,331. 

32*  Description  geographique,  politique  et  historique  du  roy- 

aume  de  Paraguay,  fonde  par  les  Jesuites,  imprimes  k  terroe 

et  traduite  en  Francois  par  Mr.  Pingeron,  Capitaine  d'Artil- 

lerie  au  service  de  Pologne.  ....         Paris. 

12mo. 

Meusel,  3,  2,  37. 

33  Description  generale,  historique,  geographique,  et 
PHYSIQUE,  de  la  colonie  de  Surinam,  contenant  ce  qu'il  y  a  de 
plus  curieux  et  de  plus  remarquable,  touchant  sa  situation, 
ses  rivieres,  ses  fortresses  ;  son  gouvernement  et  sa  police ; 
avec  les  moeurs  et  les  usages  des  habitans  naturels  du  pays, 
et  des  Europeens  qui  y  sont  etablis ;  ainsi  que  des  eclaircisse- 
ments  sur  I'oeconomie  generale  des  Esclaves  Negres,  sur  les 
plantations  et  leurs  produits,  les  arbres  fruitiers,  les  plantes 
medecinales,  et  toutes  les  diverses  especes  d'animaux  qu'on 
y  trouve,  &c.  Enrichie  de  figures,  et  d'une  carte  topogra- 
phique  du  pays.  Par  Philippe  Fermin,  docteur  en  medicine. 
Svo.  2  vols.  Amsterdam. 


' '"  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 769.  One  of  the  best  works  hitherto  published  relating  to  the  colonies.     The  same 

author  published,  in  1778,  &  Tableau  HisUrrique,  &c.  which  serves  as  a 
supplement  to  the  present  work,  of  which  it  corrects  several  errors  and 
mistakes. 

34  Relacion  del  viage  que  por  orden  de  S.  M.  y  acuerdo  del 
Real  Consejo  de  Indias,  hicieron  los  Capitanes  Bartholome 
Garciade  Nodal  y  Gonzalo  de  Nodal,  Hermanos,  naturales  de 
Pontevedra,  al  descubrimiento  del  estrecho  nuevo  de  San 
Vicente,  que  hoy  es  nombrado  de  Mayre  y  reconocimiento 
de  el  de  Magallanes.  Reinipresso  de  orden  del  S"  D. 
Joachin  Manuel  de  Villena,  &c.  Lleva  aiiadido  las 
derrotas  de  la  America  occidental  de  unos  puertos  a 
otros,  que  dio  a  luz  el  Teniente  de  Navio  D.  Manuel  de 
Echavelar.                .              ,              .  .  .       Cadiz. 

Quarto.     Map. 
A  reprint  of  tlie  original  edition  of  1621.     It  is  without  a  date  on  the  title, 
but  the  map  has  the  present  year  upon  it.     Copies  of  the  original  edition 
have  been  sold  for  30^ 

35  Viage  del  commandante  Byron  al  rededor  del  Mundo,  hecho 
ultimamente  de  orden  del  Almirantazgo  de  Inglaterra.  En  el 
qual  se  da  noticia  de  varios  payses,  de  las  costumbres  de  sus 
habitantes,  de  las  plantas  y  animales  estrafios  que  se  crian  en 
ellos;  juntamente  con  una  descripcion  muy  circunistanciada 
del  Estrecho  de  Magallanes  y  de  cierta  Nacion  de  Gigantes. 
Llamados  Patagones,  con  una  lamina  fina  que  los  representa, 
&c.  Traducido  del  Ingles  e  ilustrado  con  notas  sobre  muchos 
puntos  de  geographia,  de  physica,  de  botanica,  de  historia 
natural,  de  comercio,  &c.  y  con  un  nuevo  mapa  del  Estrecho. 
Por  el  Dr.  D.  Casimiro  de  Ortega.  .  .  Madrid. 

Quarto,  pp.  245,  and  map. 
A  translation  of  the  account  of  Byron's  voyage,   published  by  one  of  the 
officers  of  the  Dolphin,  in  1707.     To  the  second  edition,  printed  in  this 
same  year,  was  added  the  following  : 

36  Resumen  msToiiico  del  primer  viage  hecho  al  rededor  del 
mundo,  emprendido  por  Hernando  de  Magallanes  y  Llevado 
felizmente  h.  termino  por  el  famoso  capitan  Espafiol  Juan 
Sebastian  del  Cano,  Natural  de  Guetaria  en  Guipuzcoa.  Su 
autor  D.  Casimiro  de  Ortega.  .         .         .         Madrid. 

Quarto,  pp.  53. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  177 

37  Vando  sobre  limpieza  de  las  calles  de  Mexico,   &c.  fecha  en  1769. 

Mexico  k  26  de  Octre.  de  1769.         .         .         .         Mexico. 
Quarto,  pp.  18. 

38  CoNCiLios  PROviNCiALES,  primefo  y  segundo  celebradas  en 

Mexico,  presidiendo  el   Illmo  y   Rmo  S.  D.  Fr.  Alonso  de 

Montubar.      En  los  anos  de  1555  y  1565.      Dalos  k  luz  El 

Illmo.     S.   D.   Francisco  Antonio  Lorenzana,  Arzobispo  de 

esta  Santa  metropolitana  Iglesia.  .         .         Mexico. 

Folio,  pp.  396. 

The  first  Council  was  originally  printed  in  1556  at  Mexico,  by  Juan  Pablos 

Lombardo.     Besides  the  two  councils,  the  volume  contains  an  account  of 

the  prelates  of  the  Mexican  church,  occupying  about  one  half  of  the  work. 

The  third  Mexican  council  was  printed  tlie  following  year. 

39*  Geschichte  VON  Pauaguay.     Aus  Spanischen  handschriften 

ubersetzt,  nebst  dem  criminal-procesz  wider  die  Jesuiten  in 

Spanien.      Von  Juande  Escandon,und  Bernhard  Nusdorfer, 

der  Gesellschdft  Jesu  Mitglieder.  .         .         Frankfurt. 

8vo. 

Meusel,  3,  2,  37. 

40*  Physicalische  untersuchung  ob  auch  Patagonische  Riesen 
moglich,  un  die  Erzahlungenda  von  wahr  sind.  Von  J.  C.  E.  S. 
8vo.  Leipzig. 

Meusel,  iii.,  2,  45.    The  author's  name  was  Jo.  Christ.  Eric.  Springer. 


MDCCLXX. 

1  An  Historical  collection  of  the  several  voyages  and  disco- 
veries in  the  South  Pacific  Ocean.  Vol.  1.  Being  chiefly  a 
literal  translation  from  the  Spanish  writers.  By  Alexander 
Dalrymple,  esq.  ....  London. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 
The  second  volume,  containing  the  Dutch  voyages,  was  published  in 
1771.  A  chronological  table,  and  a  vocabulary,  should  be  found  in  the 
second  volume,  but  are  frequently  wanting.  The  maps  and  plates  should 
be  collated  by  tlie  list,  at  page  viii.  of  the  preface.  Besides  the  fifteen 
there  mentioned,  there  is  one  of  the  teepye  lobster,  &c.  at  page  5. 
Dalrymple  published  a  thin  volume  of  voyages  to  the  Southern  hemis- 
phere, in  1775. 
•J  A  GENEUAL  HISTORY  of  the  British  Empire  in  America.      In- 


178  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1770.  eluding  all  the  countries  in   North  America  and  the  West 

'^/w  Indies,  ceded  by  the  peace  of  Paris.     By  Mr.  Wynne. 

8vo.  2  vols.  London. 

Several  parts  of  these  volumes  are  collected  from  the  accounts  given  by 
other  writers ;  and  there  is  an  appearance  of  negligence  on  the  part  of 
the  author,  in  some  places,  where  a  reference  is  made  to  facts,  probably 
in  the  original  work,  but  which  are  here  omitted.  "  In  those  remarks, 
which  are  delivered  as  the  author's  own,  he  generally  appears  as  a  man 
of  abilities,  of  knowledge  of  the  world,  of  humanity,  and  of  candour;  we 
were  therefore  sorry  for  the  contemptuous  manner  in  which  he  sometimes 
ridicules  the  first  settlers  in  New  England,  though  he  admits  the  injus- 
tice with  which  they  had  been  treated."  M.  R. 

3  Travels  into  Nouth  America  :    containing  its  natural  his- 

tory, and   a  circumstancial  account  of  its  plantations  and 
agriculture  in  general,  with  the  civil,  ecclesiastical,  and  com- 
mercial state  of  the  country,  the  manners  of  the  inhabitants, 
and  several  curious  and  important  remarks  on  various  sub- 
jects.    By  Peter  Kalm.     Translated  into   English,   by  John 
Reinhold  Forster,  F.A.S.       Enriched  with  a  map,  several 
cuts  for  the  illustration  of  natural  history,  and  some  addi- 
tional notes.  ....  Warrington, 
8vo.  3  vols. 
First  published  in  Swedish,  in  1753.     A  valuable  work,  so  far  as  regards 
the  natural  history,  geography,  and  state  of  the  country  at  the  time  it 
was    visited    by    the    author.       His  name  has  been    immortalized  by 
Linnaeus,  in  the  beautiful  genus  Kalmia,  several  species  of  which  are  so 
common  throughout  the  United  States.     A  second  edition  of  this  trans- 
lation, in  two  volumes,  was  published  in  the  following  year. 

4  The  present  state  of  the  European  settlements  on  the  Missi- 

sippi ;    with  a  geographical  description  of  that  river.     Illus- 
trated by  plans  and  draughts.     By  Captain  Philip  Pittman. 
Quarto,  pp.  viii.  100,  8  maps  and  plans.  London. 

"  The  author  resided  several  years  in  the  countries  he  describes,  and  was 
employed  in  surveying  and  exploring  their  interior  parts,  and  was  ac- 
quainted with  many  of  the  more  intelligent  of  tlieir  inhabitants,  conse- 
quently he  has  been  enabled  to  exhibit  an  account  of  them,  which  is 
accurate  and  worthy  of  attention."  M.R. 

5  A  SHORT  DESCRIPTION  of  the  proviucc  of  South  Carolina,  with 

an  account  of  the  air,  weather,  and  diseases  at  Charlestown. 
Written  in  the  year  1763.  ....  London. 

8vo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  179 

"  In  this  sbort  and  entertaining  description  of  South  Carolina,  we  have  an  1770. 
account  of  the  situation,  soil,  and  some  of  the  natural  productions;  the 
air  and  weather;  the  inhabitants  and  their  food;  the  towns  and  garrisons; 
the  diseases ;  and  the  Indian  tribes  which  border  on  South  Carolina :  the 
last  chapter  contains  a  description  of  the  cultivation  and  manufacture  of 
indigo."  M.R. 

6  The  Moheagan   Indians,  against  the  governor  and  company 

of  Connecticut  and  others.     The  case  of  the  respondents,  the 
landholders. 
Folio,  pp.  35  and  15. 

Apparently  printed  only  for  the  use  of  the  parties  concerned ;  copies,  conse- 
quently, are  of  great  rarity. 

7  A  CONCISE  HISTORICAL  VIEW  of  the  difficulties,  hardships,  and 

perils,  which  attended  the  planting  and  progressive  improve- 
ment of  New  England.  With  a  particular  account  of  its 
long  and  destructive  wars,  expensive  expeditions,  &c.  By 
Amos  Adams,  A.M.,   Pastor    of  the  first    church    at    Rox- 

burg. London. 

8vo.  pp.  68. 

Printed  at  Boston  in  the  preceding  year. 

8  Some  account  of  the  British  dominions  beyond  the  Atlan- 

tic: containing  chiefly  what  is  most  interesting  and  least 
known,  with  respect  to  those  parts;  particularly,  the  impor- 
tant question  about  the  North- VVest  passage  is  satisfactorily 
discussed :  with  a  large  map ;  in  which  the  said  supposed  pas- 
sage, and  all  the  Arctic  regions,  aie  more  fully  delineated 
than  ever  before.     By  William  Doyle,  LL.  B.  London. 

8vo. 

"  This  author  proposes  a  new  scheme  of  geography,  calling  South  America 
Atlantis ;  North  America,  Sehastia ;  and  classes  the  American  colonies 
under  the  names  of  Neangiia,  Jacolea,  and  Mesia  or  Midensia."  M.  R.  42. 

9  A  Review  of  the  military  operations  in  North  America, 

from  the  commencement  of  the  French  hostilities  on  the 
frontiers  of  Virj,inia,  in  1753,  to  the  surrender  of  Oswego,  on 
the  14th  of  August,  1756.  Interspersed  with  various  obser- 
vations, characters,  and  anecdotes,  necessary  to  give  light 
into  the  conduct  of  American  transactions  in  general ;  and 
more  especially  into  the   political   management   of  aifairs  in 


180  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1770.  New  York.     In  a  letter  to  a  nobleman.  .         New  York. 

^-^  8vo.  pp.  170. 

in  The  beginning,  progress,  and  conclusion  of  the  late  war; 
with  other  interesting  matters  considered :    and  a  map  of  the 
lands,  islands,  gulphs,  seas,  and  fishing-banks;    comprising 
the  cod-fishery  in  America,  annexed,  for  the  better  explana- 
tion of  the  several  proceedings  relative  to  it.        .         London. 
Quarto. 
"  Although  the  style  of  this  piece  is  heavy  and  disagreeable,  and  the  work, 
in  course,  somewhat  tedious  and  dull,  yet  the  materials  collected  in  it, 
particularly  those  relating  to  our  rights  and  interests  in  regard  to  Nora 
Scotia,  Newfoundland,  the  fisheries,  &c.  may  be  useful  to  the  public."  M.R. 

1 1  Considerations  on  the  expediency  of  admitting  representa- 

tives from  the  American  colonies  into  the  British  House  of 
Commons.  .  .....         London. 

8vo.  pp.  41. 

12  A  SHORT  narrative  of  the  horrid  massacre  in  Boston,  perpe- 

trated in  the  evening  of  the  5th  of  March,  1770,  by  the 
soldiers  of  the  29th  regiment,  which,  with  the  14th  regirpent, 
were  then  quartered  there.  With  some  observations  on  the 
state  of  things  prior  to  that  catastrophe,  &c.  Printed  by 
order  of  the  town  of  Boston.  .  .         .         London. 

8vo.  pp.  38  and  83. 
First  printed  in  Boston.  "  We  have  nothing  to  observe  on  the  subject  of 
this  unhappy  affair,  except  to  express  our  surprise  that,  considering  the 
odious  occasion  on  which  the  troops  were  sent  to  Boston,  tumults  be- 
tween them  and  the  inhabitants  did  not  sooner  happen,  and  that  greater 
mischief  has  not  been  done  than  the  killing  and  wounding  only  eleven  of 
the  town's  people."  M.  11. 

13  Innocent  blood  crying  to  God  from  the  streets  of  Boston. 

A  sermon  occasioned  by  the  horrid  murder  of  Messrs.  Gray, 
Maverick,  Caldwell,  Attucks,  &c.  by  a  party  of  troops  under 
the  command  of  Capt.  Preston,  on  the  5th  of  March,  1770; 
and  preached  the  Lord's  day  following.  By  John  Lathrop, 
A.M.,  pastor  of  the  second  church  in  Boston.  .  London. 
Quarto. 

14  The  trial  of  William  Wemms,  and  seven  others,  soldiers  in 

his   Majesty's   29th  regiment,    for   the    murder  of    Crispin 


Bibliothecu  Americana  Kova.  181 

Attucks,  and  four  others,   March  5,   1770,  at  the  superior   177C. 
court  of  judicature,  assize,  &c.  at  Boston,  Nov.  27  following,     »-»«/*> 
&c.  before  the  Hon.  Benj.  Lynde,  John  Gushing,  Peter  Oliver, 
and    Edw.    Trowbridge,   esqs.,  justices   of  the  said   court. 
Published  by  permission  of  the  court.  .  London. 

8vo. 
"  As  the  unfortunate  accident  which  gave  birth  to  these  proceedings  hath 
been  taken  up  on  party  grounds,  and  the  circumstances  have  been  vari- 
ously represented,  those  who  are  desirous  of  knowing  the  real  state  of  the 
case,  will  here  meet  with  satisfaction."  M.R. 

15  A  FAIR  ACCOUNT  of  the  late  unhappy  disturbance  at  Boston,  in 

New  England ;  extracted  from  the  depositions  that  have  been 

made  concerning  it  by  persons  of  all    parties.       With   an 

appendix,   containing   some  affidavits,  and  other  evidences 

relating  to  the  affair,  not  mentioned  in  the  Narrative  of  it 

that  has  been  published  at  Boston.  .         .         London. 

8vo. 

"  A  defence  of  the  massacre  at  Boston.  The  author  is  a  zealous  advocate  for 

the  soldiers,  and  endeavours  to  prove  that  their  firing  upon  their  assailants 

was,  if  not  wholly  unavoidable,  at  least  highly   excusable  ;   that  they 

were  provoked  to  it  by  the  most  unsufferable  insults,  and  that  the  people 

were  entirely  the  aggressors.     He  supports  his  representations  by  the 

affidavits  of  ii9  persons;  most  of  whom,  however,  it  will  be  observed,  are 

officers  in  the  army.''  RI.R. 

16  PROCEEDiNCis  of  a  general  court-martial,  held  at  Pensacola,  in 

West  Florida,  March  16— April  20,  1768. 

8vo. 

The  trial  of  Major  fanner. 

17  The  political  detection;    or  the  treachery  and  tyranny  of 

Administration,  both  at  home  and  abroad.     Displayed  in  a 
series  of  letters  signed  Junius  Americanus.  .          London. 

8vo. 
"  Although  there  is  something  illiberal  in  the  manner,  and  malignant  in  the 
spirit,  of  this  American  Junius,  yet  there  are  in  his  letters  many  animad- 
versions on  the  conduct  of  administration,  particularly  with  respect  to  the 
colonies,  which  are  worthy  of  public  attention  and  enquiry."  M.R. 

18  A  CRITICAL  COMMENTARY  ou  Archbisliop  Seeker's  letter  to  the 

R.  H.  Horatio  Walpole,  concerning  bishops  in  America. 

8vo.  pp.  111.  London. 

(See  No.  8  of  1769.) 

19  Extract  of  a  letter  from  the  House  of  Representatives  of 


182  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1770.  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  their  agent,  Dennysdc  Berdt,  esq. 

— '»'  With  some  remarks.  .....         London. 

8vo. 
"This  extract  contains  objections  to  the  whole  system  of  our  late  regulations 
and  laws  respecting  America,  in  order  to  prove  that  they  are  of  dangerous 
tendency  in  regard  to  commerce,  policy,  and  the  true  interest  of  the  whole 
empire  :  grievous  to  the  subject,  burthensome  to  the  trade,  injurious  to 
the  revenue  of  the  crown,  and  ruinous  to  the  nation."  M.R. 

20  Grenada.      A  letter  to  the  R.  H.  the  Earl   of  Hillsborough, 

H.  M.'s   secretary  of  state  for  the  colonies,  on  the  present 
situation  of  affairs  in  the  island  of  Grenada.         .         London. 
8vo. 

21  .       Observations  on  the  report  made  by  the   board    of 

trade  against  the  Grenada  laws.         .         .         .         .         ib. 

8vo. 

22  .     Audi  alteram  partem;  or  a  counter-letter  to  the  R.  H. 

the  E.  of  H.,  &c.  on  the  late  and  present  state  of  affairs  in 
the  island  of  Grenada.     In  which  is  clearly  demonstrated,  &c. 

8vo.  pp.  123  and  68.  London. 

23  .      A  narrative  of  the  proceedings  upon  the  complaint 

against  Governor  Melvill.  .         .         .         .         .         ib. 

8vo. 

24  .     Letters  to  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  &c.  on  the  late 

subversion  of  the  political  system  of  the  glorious  Revolution, 
&c.  by  appointing  Roman  Catholics  to  offices  in  H.  M.'s 
islands  of  Grenada  and  the  Grenadines,  &c.  By  Pliny, 
junior.  ib. 

8vo. 

25  HisToiRE  piiiLosoPHiQUE  ct  politique  des  etablissements  des 

Europeens  dans  les  deux  Indes.  .  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  4  vols. 

First  edition  of  the  Abb6  Raynal's  celebrated  work.     (See  1780.) 

26  Defense  des  reciierches  philosophiques  sur  les  Americains. 

Par  M.  de  P  *  *  *.  .  .  .  Berlin. 

8vo. 

De  Pauw's  reply  to  Pemetty's   Dissertation  (1769.)     This  volume  forms 

the  third  of  the  succeeding  editions  of   De  Pauw's  Recherches  sur  les 

Americains,  the  most  complete  of  which  appears  to  be  that  of  Cleces,  of 

177?. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  183 

27  HiSTORiA  DE  NuEVA  EsPANA.      Escrita   por   su   esclarecido   1770. 

Conquistador  Hernan  Cortes,  aumentadaconotros  Documen- 
tos,  y  notas,  por  el   illustrissirao  Senor,  Don  Francisco  Anto- 
nio Lorenzana,  Arzobispo  de  Mexico.         ,         .         Mexico. 
Folio,  pp.  400.     Map,  and  plates,  36. 

An  important  and  bighlj  esteemed  work,  containing  the  three  celebrated 
letters  of  Cortez,  originally  printed  soon  after  they  were  received  in 
Spain,  at  Seville  and  Valencia;  but  these  editions  are  of  the  greatest 
raritj.  Several  other  letters  of  Cortez  are  extant  in  ms.  and  will  probably 
be  printed  in  the  Collection  of  voyages  and  discoveries  of  the  Spaniards,  by 
Don  Martin  Fernandez  de  Navarrete,  of  which  three  volumes  have  been 
published  :  (see  1825.)  The  present  edition  is  illustrated  by  copious  notes 
and  documents,  together  with  fac-similes  of  the  Mexican  mode  of  repre- 
senting the  tributes  paid  by  the  different  towns  of  the  Mexican  domi- 
nions. 

28  Concilium    Mexicanum    provinciale    hi.  Celebratum 

Mexici  anno  md.lxxxv.       Praeside  D.  D.  Petro  Moya,  et 

Contreras  Archiepiscopoejusdem  urbis.     Confirmatum  Romae 

die  27  Octob.     anno  1589.  Postea  jussuRegio  editum  Mexici 

anno   1622.      Sumptibus  D.  D.  Joannis  Perez  de  la  Serna 

Archiepiscopi.     Demum  typis  mandatum  cura  et  expensis, 

D.  D.  Franciscii  Ant.  A.  Lorenzana,  archipraesulis. 

Folio.  Mexico. 

I  have  examined  several  copies  of  this  work,  but  have  found  in  one  only  an 

appendix  of  53  pages,  which  contains  copies  of  some  original  documents, 

giving  an  account  of  the  first  Apostolical  Junta  held  in  JNIexico,  in  the 

year  1537,  and  of  another  in   1539,  by  the  Bishops  Zumarraga,  Zarate, 

and  Quiroga. 

29  Cartas  pastorall;s,  y  edictos  del  lllmo  Senor  D.  Francisco 

Antonio  Lorenzana,  y  Buitron,  Arzobispo  de  Mexico. 
Folio,  pp.  229.  Mexico. 

Among  other  things,  this  volume  contains  a  most  minute  account  of  the  por- 
trait of  the  Virgin  of  Guadalupe,  which  appeared  miraculously  on  the 
Tilma  or  blanket  of  Juan  Diego,  a  converted  Mexican,  in  the  year  1531  ; 
and  which  was  solemnly  declared,  by  a  commission  of  painters  and  others, 
in  1751,  not  to  have  been  painted  by  the  hand  of  man.  The  good  archbishop 
comes  to  the  conclusion  that  it  must  have  been  painted  by  millions  of 
angels. 

30  DiARio  HisTORico  de  los  viages  de  mar  y  tierra,  hechos  al 

Norte  de  la  California  de  orden  del  Virrey  de  Nueva  Espana 
Marques  de  Croix  y  por  direccion   de   D.  Josef  de  Galvez 


184  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1770.  Executados  por  la  tropa  destinada  a  dicho  objeto   al   mando 

•  ^  de  D.  Caspar  de  Portola  y  por  los  Paquebotes  S.  Carlos  y  S. 

Antonio.      De  orden  del   Ex  Sr.  Virrey  en  la  Imprenta  del 

Covierno.  ......         {Mexico.) 

Folio,  pp.  56. 

This  important  tract  is  dated  in  Mexico,  Oct.  24,  1770,  and  signed  D. 
Migiiel  Costanso.  It  is  of  extreme  rarity,  the  copies  having  been  distri- 
buted in  presents,  and  never  intended  for  sale.  It  appears  to  be  the  work 
of  which  Dr.  Robertson  had  a  ms.  copy,  which  was  translated  and  pub- 
lished by  Mr.  Dalrymple,  in  1790. 

31  Besciiryving  van  Guiana,  of  de  Wildekust  in  Zuid-America, 
BetrefFende  de  Aardrykskunde  en  Historie  des  Lands,  de 
Zeeden  en  Gewoontes  der  Inwooners,  de  Dieren,  Vogels. 
Visschen,  Boomen  en  Cewassen,  als  mede  de  eerste  Ont- 
dekkingdier  Kust,  de  Bezittingen  der  Spanjaarden,  Franschen 
en  Portugeezen  en  voornaamelyk  de  Volkplantingen  der 
Nederlanderen,  als  Essequebo,  Demerary,  Berbice,  Suriname, 
en  derzelver  Rivieren,met  de  noodige  Kaarten  en  Afbeeldingen 
der  Forten.  Waarby  komt  eene  Verhandeling  over  den  Aart 
en  de  Gewoontes  der  Neger  Slaaven.  Alles  uit  echte  stukken 
opgesteld  door  Mr.  Jan  Jacob  Hartsinck,  &c. 
Quarto,  2  vols.  pp.  962.  14  maps  and  plates.  Amsterdam. 

By  far  the  best  work  ever  published  on  the  countries  described,  according 
to  Mr.  Warden.  This  edition  appears  to  have  escaped  the  notice  of  the 
accurate  Meusel,  who  only  mentions  one  of  1782,  in  octavo.  The  first 
part  of  a  German  translation  was  published  at  Berlin  in  1784,  but  appa- 
rently was  never  continued. 


MDCCLXXI. 

1  The  natural  history  of  Carolina,  Florida,  and  the  Bahama 
Islands;  containing  the  figures  of  birds,  beasts,  fishes,  ser- 
pents, insects,  and  plants  :  particularly  those  not  hitherto 
described,  or  incorrectly  figured,  by  former  authors,  with  their 
description,  in  English  and  French,  To  which  is  prefixed,  a 
new  and  correct  map  of  the  countries ;  with  observutioiis  on 
their  natural  state,  inhabitants,  and  productions.  By  the 
late  Mark  Catesby,  F.  R.  S.     Revised  by  Mr.  Edwards.     To 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  185 

the  whole  is  now  added,  a  Linneean  index  of  the  animals  and    1771. 
plants.  .....  London. 

Folio,  2  vols.  220  coloured  plates. 
"  Catesby,  after  having  lived  in  Vii^inia,  from  1712  to  1719,  principally 
engaged  in  the  study  of  its  natural  history,  returned  to  England,  when  he 
was  induced,  by  Dr.  Sherard  and  others,  to  undertake  another  voyage  to 
America,  for  the  express  purpose  of  collecting  and  describing  its  natural 
productions.  The  fruit  of  his  voyage  was  this  natural  history  of  Carolina. 
It  first  appeared  in  numbers,  between  1731  and  1748,  with  plates,  etched 
by  himself  from  his  own  drawings,  and  coloured  under  his  inspection. 
A  second  edition  was  published  in  1754,  but  both  that  and  the  present 
are  considered  as  inferior  to  the  first,  in  respect  to  the  beauty  of  the 
plates.  The  work  contains  brief  descriptions  in  French  and  English,  of 
the  different  objects  mentioned  in  the  title,  and  found  within  the  regions 
comprehended  in  its  plan.  To  the  present  edition  is  added  an  index  of 
the  Linnxan  names,  but  it  is  not  so  complete  as  it  might  have  been." 

2  A  JOURNAL  OF  A  VOYAGE  Tound  the  world,  in  his  Majesty's  ship 

Endeavour,  in  the  years  1768-71,  undertaken  in  pursuit  of 
natural  knowledge,  at  the  desire  of  the  Royal  Society.  Con- 
taining all  the  various  occurrences  of  the  voyage,  with  des- 
criptions of  several  new  discovered  countries  in  the  Southern 
hemisphere,  &c.  .  .  .  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  133. 

This  appears  to  be  the  first  printed  account  of  Capt.  Cook's  first  voyage. 
(See  1773.) 

3  The  history  of  a   voyage   to   the    Malouine  (or  Falkland) 

Islands,  in  1763  and  1764,  under  the  command  of  M.  de 
Bougainville,  in  order  to  form  a  settlement  there;  and  of  two 
voyages  to  the  straights  of  Magellan,  with  an  account  of  the 
Patagonians.  Translated  from  Dom  Pernetty's  Historical 
Journal,  written  in  French.  Illustrated  with  copper-plates. 
Quarto.  London. 

First  printed  at  Berlin,  in  French,  in  1769.  The  translator  has  omitted  the 
detail  of  ordinary  occurrences  which  are  common  to  every  voyage,  re- 
taining whatever  seemed  in  any  view  peculiar  to  this  expedition. 
Several  charts  and  plans  are  also  added,  which  are  not  in  the  original. 
The  copies  with  the  date  1773  are  probably  the  same,  with  a  new  title- 
page. 

4  Travels  THROUGH  that  part  of  North  Amarica  formerly  call- 

ed Louisiana,  By  Mr,  Bossu,  captain  of  the  French  marines. 
Translated  from  the  French,  bv  John  Reinhold  Forster,  F.S.A. 


186  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1771.  Illustrated  with  notes,  relative  chiefly  to  natural  history.     To 

^'^  which  is  added,  by  the  translator,  a  systematic  catalogue  of 

all  the  known  plants  of  English  North  America,  or,  a  Flora 
Americce  Septentrionalis.     Together  with  an  abstract  of  the 
most    useful    and    necessary    articles    contained    in    Peter 
Loefling's    travels   through  Spain    and   Cumana,   in   South 
America.         .....  London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
The  first  rolume,  and  sixteen  pages  of  tbe  second,  comprise'the  translation  of 
Eossu's  Nouveaux  Voyages,  (see  1768.)  The  catalogue  of  plants  which 
follows  occupies  fifty  pages,  and  was  published  with  a  separate  title. 
The  remainder  of  the  second  volume,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  ac- 
count of  his  life,  in  English,  is  occupied  by  Loefling's  Latin  descriptions 
of  the  plants  observed  by  him  in  Spain  and  South  America. 

5  Flora  Americ;e  Septentrionalis;    or,   a  catalogue  of  the 

plants  of  North  America.     Containing  an  enumeration  of  the 

known  herbs,  shrubs,  and  trees,  many  of  which  are  but  lately 

discovered.     By  John  Reinhold  Forster,  F.A.S.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  50. 

This  Flora  is  merely  the  catalogue  of  plants  of  the  preceding  work,  with  a 

new  title. 

6  A  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  ANIMALS  of  North  America.     Containing 

an  enumeration  of  the  known  quadrupeds,  birds,  reptiles,  fish, 
insects,  &c.  many  of  which  were  never  described  before ;  to 
which  are  added,  short  directions  for  collecting,  preserving, 
and  transporting  all  kinds  of  natural  curiosities.  By  John 
Reinhold  Forster,  F.A.S.  ,  London. 

8vo. 

7  Transactions  of  the  American     Philosophical   Society, 

held  at  Philadelphia,  for  promoting  useful  knowledge. 
Vol.  1.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

A  second  edition  of  this  volume  was  printed  in  1789. 

8  Falkland's  Island.      A  justification   of  the  conduct  of  the 

ministry  relative  to  Falkland's  Island.  In  a  letter  to  both 
Houses  of  Parliament.  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

9  i .      Papers   relative  to  the  negotiations  with  Spain; 

and  the  taking  of  Falkland's  Island   from  the   English, 
Quarto.  London. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  187 

10  Falkland's  Island.      Thoughts  on  the  late  transactions  re-    1771. 

specting  Falkland's  Island.  .  •  London.    """^ 

8vo.  pp.  75. 

By  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson. 

1 1   .     An  examination  of  the  declaration  and  agreement 

with  the  court  of  Spain,  relating  to  the  restitution  of  Falk- 
land's Island.  ....  London. 

Svo. 

12  .      A  refutation  of  a  pamphlet  called  Thoughts  on 

the  late  transactions  respecting  Falkland's  Island.  In  a 
letter  addressed  to  the  author,  and  dedicated  to  Dr.  Samuel 
Johnson.  ....  London. 

Svo. 

13 ,     Two  speeches  of  an  honourable  gentleman  on  the 

late  negotiation  and  convention  with  Spain. 
Svo. 
These  barren  islands  were  made  a  subject  of  great  importance  about  this 
time ;   the  English,   French,  and  Spaniards  laying  claim  to  them  at  the 
same  time. 

14  PRicis  DE  l'etat  actuel  des  colonies  Angloises  dans  I'Ame- 

rique  Septentrionale.     Par  M.  Dominique  de  Blackford. 
12mo.  pp.  99.  Milan. 

Part  of  this  work  is  a  compilation  from  Douglas  and  Kalm,  and  the  remain- 
der consists  of  a  translation  of  the  Examination  of  Dr.  Franklin,  1767. 
It  is  generally  found  with  a  translation  of  Toreen's  voyage  to  Surat,  S^c. 

15  Examen  des  recherches  philosophiques  sur  I'Amerique  et 

les  Americains,  et  de  la  defense  de  cet  ouvrage.  Berlin. 

Small  Svo.  2  vols. 

This  rejoinder  of  Dom  Pernettj,  in  which  he  exposes  the  blunders  and  un- 
fair conduct  of  De  Pauw,  is  much  more  ably  written  than  his  first  work. 
(See  1769.) 

16  De  l'Amerique  et  des  Americains,  ou  observations  curi- 

euses  du  philosophe  La  Douceur  qui  a  parcouru  cet  hemis- 
phere pendant  la  derniere  guerre,  en  faisant  le  noble  metier 
de  tuer  les  hommes  sans  les  manger.  .  Berlin. 

Small  Svo.  pp.  116. 

A  lively  and  humourous  defence  of  the  American  Indians  against  the  attacks 
of  De  Pauw,  attributed  by  Meusel  to  M.  Poivre,  but  Harbier  says  that 


188  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

J  77 1  ^  it  is  either  by  M.  Bonneville  or  Dom  Pernelty .  Now  Poirre  was  never  in 

^^^^^  America;  he  was  employed  in  the  East  Indies  at  the  time  this  discussion 

was  going  forward.  It  appears  also  that  M.  Bonneville  was  only  eleven 
years  of  age  at  this  time.  As  it  is  not  probable  that  Dom  Pernetty  wrote 
two  works  on  the  subject  in  the  same  year,  all  these  conjectures  as  to 
the  authorship  of  this  work  are  apparently  erroneous. 

17  Voyage  autour  du  monde,  par  la  fregate  du  roila  Boudeuse 

et  la  flute  I'Etoile;  en  1766,  1767,  1768,  and  1769.     Paris. 
Quarto. 
The  account  of  M.  de  Bougainville's  voyage  :    reprinted  in  three  volumes, 
octavo,  in  1772;  and  translated  into  English  in  the  same  year. 

18  Lettres  EDiFiANTEs  ecrites  par  quelques  raissionnaires  de  la 

Compagnie  de  Jesus.     De  I'Amerique  Septentrionale. 
Small  8vo.  pp.  152.  Bruxelles. 

A  selection  from  the  "  Lettres  edifiantes  et  curievses,"  commenced  in  1715,  of 
which  upwards  of  thirty  volumes  were  published. 

19  NoTiciA  BREVE  de  la  expedicion  Militar  de  Sonora  y  Cinaloa, 

su  exito  feliz,  y  ventajoso  estado  en  que  por  consecuencia  de 

ella  se  han  puesto  ambas  provincias.  .  {Mexico.) 

Folio,  pp.  12. 

Dated  Mexico,  June  17,  1771 .     Robertson  Cnote  63,  vol.  ii.)  speaks  of  this 

tract,  and  notes  its  great  rarity.     He  says  it  was  published  in  order  to 

satisfy  the  curiosity  of  tlie  merchants  who  had  furnished  the  Viceroy 

with  money  for  defraying  the  expense  of  the  expedition. 

20  Itinerakio  para  Parrocos  de  Indios,  en  que  se  tratan  las 

materias  mas  particulares  tocantes  a  ellos  para  su  buena  ad- 
ministracion  :    compuesto  por  el  Dr.  Don  Alonso  de  la  Peiia 
Montenegro,    &c.       Nueva   edicion   purgada   de  muchisimos 
hierros.  .....  Madrid. 

Folio. 
This  instruction  for  the  parish  priests  among  the  Indians  of  South  America 
was  first  printed  in  166S. 

21  DiziONARio  sTORico-GEOGRAFico  dell'  America  Meridionale 

di  Giandoraenico  Coleti  della  compagnia  di  Gesu.       Venezia. 
Quarto,  2  vols,  in  1. 

The  author  was  many  years  employed  in  South  America  as  a  missionary  : 
the  principal  merit  of  his  work  consists  in  being  almost  entirely  the  result 
of  personal  observation,  or  of  information  procured  on  the  spot. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  189 

1772. 

MDCCLXXII. 

1  The  entertaining  history  of  King  Philip's  war,  which  began 

in  the  month  of  June,  1675.  As  also  of  expeditions  more 
lately  made  against  the  common  enemy,  and  Indian  rebels, 
in  the  eastern  parts  of  New  England :  with  some  account  of 
the  Divine  Providence  towards  Col.  Benjamin  Church.  By 
Thomas  Church,  esq.,  his  son.  The  second  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  199.  Newport,  R.  I. 

First  printed  in  1716.  Reprinted  in  1827.  This  edition  has  portraits  of 
Col.  Church  and  of  King  Philip,  engraved  by  P.  Revere,  and  are  proba- 
bly among  the  first  specimens  of  engraving  done  in  New  England. 

2  The  history  of  the  late  war  in  North  America  and  the 

islands  of  the  West  Indies ;  including  the  campaigns  of  1763 
and    1764,    against   his   Majesty's    Indian    enemies.        By 
Thomas  Mante,  assistant  engineer  during  the  siege  of  the 
Havana,  and  major  of  a  brigade  in  the  campaign  of  1764. 
Quarto,  542  pp.  and  18  maps  and  plans.  London. 

The  introduction  contains  an  account  of  Washington's  escape  from  assassi- 
nation, by  an  Indian,  in  December,  1753.  "Mr.  Mante  explains  the 
cause  of  the  commencement  of  hostilities  with  the  French  in  North 
America  in  a  satisfactory  manner,  and  leads  the  reader  through  a  cir- 
cumstantial and  entertaining  detail  of  the  military  operations,  both  there 
and  in  the  West  Indies,  to  the  end  of  the  war  ;  together  with  two  sub- 
sequent compaigns  against  the  Indians."  M.R.  1773. 

3  A  COLLECTION  of  several  commissions  and  other  public  instru- 

ments, proceeding  from  his  Majesty's  royal  authority,  and 
other  papers,  relating  to  the  state  of  the  province  in  Quebec, 
in  North  America,  since  the  conquest  of  it  by  the  British 
arms,  in  1760.  Collected  by  Francis  Maseres,  esq.  his 
Majesty's  attorney-general  in  the  said  province.  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  311 

4  The   Atlantic   pilot.     Calculated   for    the   safe   conduct  of 

ships  in  their  navigation  from  the  Gulph  of  Mexico  along 
Cuba  and  the  Martieres,  through  the  new  Bahama  Channel, 
to  the  northern  parts  of  his  Majesty's  dominions  on  the 
continent  of  America,  and  from  thence  to  Europe.  London. 
8vo.  3  charts. 


190  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1772.  ^y  W^iWiani  Gerard    de   Brahm,  his  Majesty's  surveyor-general  of  the 

southern  district  of  North  America.  I  have  a  French  tract  in  quarto,  of 
sixteen  pages  and  a  map,  without  date,  which  appears  to  be  translated 
from  this,  the  title  of  which  is  :  Recherches  faites  par  ordre  de  S.  M.  B. 
depuis  1765jusqu'en  1771,  pour  rectifier  let  cartes  &;  perfectionner  la  navi- 
gation du  canal  de  Bahama.  Traduite  de  I'Anglois  de  W.  Gerard  de 
Brahm,  8^c.  I  possess  also  three  folio  volumes  in  ms.,  by  tlie  same 
author,  relating  to  the  coast  of  North  America,  with  plans,  surveys,  «fec. 

5  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD.  Performed  by  order  of  his 
most  Christian  Majesty,  in  the  years  1766,  1767,  1768,  and 
1769.  By  Lewis  de  Bougainville,  colonel  of  foot,  and  com- 
modore of  the  expedition,  in  the  frigate  La  Boudeuse,  and 
the  store  ship  L'Etoile.  Translated  from  the  French,  by 
John  Reinhold  Forster,  F.A.S.  .  .  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  476,  5  maps,  &c. 

6  A  VOYAGE  TO  South  America,  &c.  (see  No.  13  of  1758.) 
by  Don  George  Juan  and  Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,  S^c.  The 
third  edition :  to  which  are  added,  by  Mr.  John  Adams,  of 
Waltham  Abbey,  who  resided  several  years  in  those  parts, 
occasional  notes  and  observations;  an  account  of  some  parts 
of  the  Brazils  hitherto  unknown  to  the  English  nation;  and  a 
map  of  South  America  corrected.       .         .         .         London. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Maps  and  plates. 

7  Political  essays  concerning  the  present  state  of  the  British 
Empire ;  particularly  respecting,  i.  Natural  advantages  and 
disadvantages,  ii.  Constitution,  iii.  Agriculture,  iv.  Manu- 
factures.    V.  The  colonies;  and  vi.  Commerce.  London, 

Quarto. 

"  The  plan  of  this  work  is  extensive,  the  design  useful,  and  the  execution 
is  in  some  parts  masterly  and  very  satisfactory,  although  it  is  in  others 
extremely  deficient."  M.R.  The  part  relating  to  the  Colonies  appears 
(from  the  Review)  to  be  extensive  and  important. 

8  Report  of  the  lords'  commissioners  for  trade  and  planta- 
tions on  the  petition  of  the  Honourable  Thomas  Walpole, 
Benjamin  Franklin,  John  Sargent,  and  Samuel  Wharton, 
esqs.,  and  their  associates,  for  a  grant  of  lands  on  the  river 
Ohio,  in  North  America,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  new 
government.       With  observations  and  remarks.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  110. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  191 

9  The  case  of  Mr.  John  Gordon,  with  respect  to  the  title  to   1772. 

certain   lands  in  East  Florida,  purchased  of  H.  C.  M.'s  sub-    ^"^^ 
jects  by  him  and  Mr.  Jesse  Fish,  for  themselves  and  others 
H.  B.  M.'s  subjects;    in  conformity  to  the  twentieth  article 
of  the  last  definitive  treaty  of  peace.     With  an  appendix. 
Quarto,  (pp.  76)  and  plan.  London. 

Privately  printed  for  the  use  of  the  persons  interested. 

10  Voyage  autour  du  monde,  par  la  fregate  du  Roi  la  Bou- 

deuse  et  la  Mte  I'Etoile,  en  1766,  1767,   1768,  et  1769. 
Seconde  Edition  augmentfee.  .         .         .         Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

11  SuppT.EMENT  au  VOYAGE  DE  M.  DE  Bougainville:  ou  jour- 

nal d'un  voyage  autour  du  monde  fait  par  M  M.  Banks  et 
Solander,  Anglois,  en  1768,  1769,  1770,  et  1771.   Traduitde 
I'Anglois  par  M.  de  Freville.       ....         Paris. 
8vo. 

12  Voyage  en  Californie  pour  I'observation   du   passage    de 

Venus  sur  le  disque  du  soleil,  le  3  Juin  1769;  contenant  les 
observations  de  ce  phenomene,  et  la  description  historique  de 
la  route  de  TAuteur  a  traversle  Mexique.  Par  feu  M.  CJ  appe 
d'Autsrocke.  Redige  et  publie  par  M.  de  Cassini  fih.  Paris. 
Quarto,  pp.  170  and  4  plates. 

An  English  translation  was  printed  in  17T8. 

13  Projei'  pour  tenter  la  decouverte  du  Pole  gauche  du  monde 

nomme  Pole  Arctique  par  un  Septuagenaire.  A  la  Haye. 

8vo.  pp.  30. 
A  curious  tract,  in  which  its  author  gives  very  plausible  reasons  for  suppo- 
sing the  heat  at  the  Poles  to  be  greater  at  a  certain  season   than  between 
the  tropics  :  and  that,  in  consequence,  its  natural  productions  must  be  of 
a  very  extraordinary  nature. 

14  Noticias    American  as:    entretenimientos   phisico-historicos, 

sobre  la  America  Meridional,  y  la  Septentrional  Oriental. 
Comparacion  general  de  los  territonos,  climas  y  producciones 
en  las  tres  especies,  vegetales,  animales  y  minerales:  con  la 
relacion  particular  de  las  petrificaciones  de  cuerpos  marinos 
de  los  Indios  naturales  de  aquellos  payses,  sus  costumbres  y 
usos;  dc  las  Antiguedades:  discurso  sobre  la  lengua  y    sobre 


192  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1772.  el  raiodo  en  que  pasaron  los  primeros  pobladores.      Su  autor 

Don  Antonio  de  Ulloa,  &c.       ....         Madrid. 
Quarto. 
A  bighlj  esteemed  work,  reprinted  in  1792.     Translated  into  German  in 
1781,  and  into  French  in  1T87. 

15  Reglamento,  e  instruccion  para  los  Presidios  que  se  ban  de 
formar  en  la  linea  de  frontera  de  la  Nueva  Espana.  Resuelto 
por  el  Key  N.  S.  en  cedula  de  10  de  Septiembre  de  1772. 

Quarto,  pp.  122.  Madrid. 

16  Naciiricht  von  der  provinz  Virginien  ;    nebst  einer  geo- 
graphischen  Bescbreibung  der  provinz  Pensylvanien. 
8vo.  Frankfurt. 

Meuseliii.  1.  p.  390. 


MDCCLXXIII. 

1  The  history  of  the  Biutish  dominions  im  North  America: 

from  tbe  first  discovery  of  tbat  vast  continent  by  Sebastian 
Cabot,  in  1487,  to  its  present  glorious  establishment,  as  con- 
firmed by  the  late  treaty  of  peace,  in  1763.    In  fourteen  books. 
4to.  2  vols,  in  1,  pp.  584,  and  map.  London. 

A  compilation  of  no  g^eat  authority :  prohably  a  bookseller's  speculation,  in 
consequence  of  the  interest  which  the  affairs  of  America  excited  about 
this  time. 

2  An  account  of  the  voyages  undertaken  by  the  order  of  H. 

M.  for  making  discoveries  in  the  Southern  hemisphere,  and 
successively  performed  by  Commodore  Byron,  Captain 
Wallis,  Captain  Carteret,  and  Captain  Cook.  In  the 
Dolphin,  the  Swallow,  and  the  Endeavour :  drawn  up  from 
the  journals  which  were  kept  by  the  several  commanders,  and 
from  the  papers  of  Joseph  Banks,  esq.  by  John  Hawksworth, 
L.L.D.  In  three  volumes.  Illustrated  with  cuts,  and  a  great 
variety  of  charts  and  maps,  relative  to  countries  now  first  dis- 
covered, or  hitherto  but  imperfectly  known.  .  London. 
Quarto,  3  vols. 
The  first  volume  contains  the   voyages  of  Byron,   Wallis,   and  Carteret. 

Captain  Cook's  Jirst  voyage  occupies   the   second   and  third   volumes. 

They  were  translated  and  published  in  German  and  in  French,  in  the 

following  year. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nona.  193 

3  A  LETTER  from  Mr.  Dalrymple  to  Dr.  Hawkesworth,  occasioned     1773. 

by  some  groundless  and  illiberal  imputations  in  his  account  of 

the  late  voyages  to  the  South.  .         .         .         London. 

Quarto,  pp.  35. 

The  indefatigable  Alexander  Dalrymple,  who  appears  to  have  been  the  first 

projector  of  the  expeditions  under  Wallis,  Carteret,  and  Cook,  to  the  South 

Seas,  but  in  which  he  was  not  permitted  to  join,  is  rather  severe  in  this 

tract  upon  some  parts  of  Dr.  Hawkesworth's  account  of  those  voyages. 

4  A  JOURNAL  of  a  voyage  to  the  South  Seas  in  H.  M.'s  ship  the 

Endeavour,  faithfully  transcribed  from  the  papers  of  the  late 
Sydney  Parkinson,  draughtsman  to  Joseph  Banks,  esq.  on 
his  late  expedition  with  Dr.  Solander  round  the  word.  Each 
bellished  with  views  and  designs,  delineated  by  the  author, 
and  engraved  by  capital  artists.  .  .  London. 

Imperial  4to.  pp.  214,  and  27  plates. 
Published  by  the  author's  brother,  who  makes  great  complaints  of  the  con- 
duct of  Sir  Joseph  Banks  in  witholding  the  original  mss.  and  drawings. 

5*  An  attempt  to  shew   that  America  miist  have  been  known 

to  the  ancients,  &c.     By  Samuel  Mather.      .  Boston. 

8vo. 

Harvard  Coll.  Cat. 

6  The  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  freeholders  and  other  in- 

habitants of  the  town  of  Boston,  in  town- meeting  assembled, 
according  to  law.      To  which  is  prefixed,  as  introductory,  an 
attested  copy  of  a  vote  of  the  town  at  a  preceding  meeting. 
The   whole    containing   a   particular   enumeration   of  those 
grievances  that  have  given  rise  to  the  present  alarming  dis- 
contents in  America.  .  •  .  London. 
8vo. 
First  printed  at  Boston.    T!ie  London  editor  has  added  a  preface,  giving  an 
account  of  the  discontent  arising  from  the  tax  on  tea,  &o.       "  In  the  re- 
port of  the  committee  to  the  town  meeting  at  Boston  we  have  a  concise 
system  of  politics,  adapted  to  their  situation  as  colonists,  which  ia  drawn 
up  with  great  good  sense  and  mature  judgment."  M.R. 

7  Authentic  PAPERsrelativeto  the  expeditiona^ainsttheCharibbs, 

and  the  sale  of  lands  in  the  island  of  St.  Vincent.       London. 
Quarto,  pp.83. 

8  Considerations  on  the  state  of  the  sugar  islands,  and  on  the 

policy  of  enabling  foreigners  to  lend  money  on  real  securities 
in  those  colonies.      In  a  letter  addressed  to  the  R.  H.  Lord 


194  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1773.  North;  by  a  West  India  planter.         .  .  London. 

"^^^        8vo. 

9  The  advantages  of  a  settlement  upon  the  Ohio,  in  North 

America.         .....  London. 

8vo. 

10  Observations  on  the  present  state  of  the  waste  lands  of 

Great  Britain,  published  on  occasion  of  the  establishment 
of  a  new  colony  on  the  Ohio.  By  the  author  of  a  Tour 
through  England.        ....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  83. 

11  Essays  concerning  iron  and  steel:    the  first  containing 

observations  on  American  sand  iron ;  the  second  observations 
founded  on  experiments  on  common  iron  ore,  &c.     By  Henry 
Home.  .....  London. 

12mo.  pp.  223. 

The  first  essaj  has  a  separate  title  a$  follows :  Observations  on  American 
sand  iron.  In  a  letter  to  the  late  Mr.  John  Ellicott,  F,  R,  S.  read  at  t/t« 
Royal  Society,  March  3, 1763,  pp.  31. 

12  Voyage  fait  par  ordre  du  Roi  en  1768  et  1769  a  diffe- 

rentes  parties  du  monde,  pour  eprouver  en  mer  les  Horloges 

Marines    inventees  par  M.  Ferdinand  Berthoud.  Par  M. 

d'Eveux  de  Fleurieu.                 .             .              .  Paris. 
Quarto,  2  vols. 

13  Christophe  Colomb,  ou  I'Amerique  decouverte  :    poeme  en 

24  chants,  par  un  Americain.  .  .  Paris. 

By  M.  Bourgeois,  of  Rochelle.  Barbier. 

14  El  lazarillo  de  ciegos  caminantes  desde   Buenos  Ayres, 

hasta  Lima  con  sus  Itineraries  segun  la  mas  puntual  observa- 
cion,  con  algunas  noticias  utiles  k  los  Nuevos  Comerciantes 
que  tratan  en  Mulas :  y  otras  historicas.  Sacado  de  las 
memorias  que  hizo  D.  Alonzo  Carrio  de  la  Vandera  en  este 
dilatado  viage,  y  comision  que  tuvo  por  la  corte  para  el  arreglo 
de  correos  y  Estafetas,  situacion  y  ajuste  de  postas  desde 
Montevideo.  Por  D.  Calixto  Bustamante  Carlos  Inca  alias 
Concolorcorvo,  natural  del  Cuzco,  que'acompaiio  al  referido 
comisionado  en  dicho  viage  y  escribio  sus  extractos. 
Small  8vo.  Gijon. 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  195 

This  work  bears  all  the  marks  of  having  been  printed  in  Lima.     The  author   1 773. 
was  a  descendant  from  the  ancient  Incas.      He  accompanied  Don  Alonso 
Carrio  in  a  journey  from  Buenos  Ayres  to  Lima,  for  the  purpose  of  es- 
tablishing the  posts  between  those  places,  in  the  humble  capacity  of  a 
servant.     This  work  is  a  joco-serious  account  of  the  expedition. 
15  Junta   general  de  la   real  compaiIia   Guipuzcoana    de 
Caracas  del  aiio  de   1772.     Compendio  de  sus  aciierdos  y 
deliberaciones,  como  del  estado  de  esta  real  compania  en  sus 
cargas  y  fondos  universales,  en  31  de  Dec.  del  proximo  ano 
anterior  de  1771.        ....  Madrid. 

Quarto,  pp.  160. 

MDCCLXXIV. 

1  The  journal  of  a  voyage  undertaken  by  order  of  his  present 

Majesty,   for  making  discoveries  towards  the  North  Pole,  by 

the  Hon. Commodore  Phipps  and  Captain  Lutwidge,  inH.  M.'s 

sloops  Racehorse  and  Carcase.      To  which  is   prefixed,   an 

account  of  the  several  voyages  undertaken  for  the  discovery 

of  a  North-east  passage  to  China  and  Japan.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  118. 

"  This  appears  to  be  the  real  journal  of  some  person  on  board  one  of  the 

ships  above-mentioned,  and  contains  many  curious  particulars."  M.R. 

The  following  work  is  the  official  account  of  the  same  voyage,  of  which 

this  is  a  ^popular  relation,  omitting  the  scientific  details,  &c. 

2  A  VOYAGE  TOWARDS  THE  NoRTii  PoLE,  Undertaken  by  his  Ma- 

jesty's command  in  1773.     By  Constantine  John  Phipps. 
4to.  pp.  253,  and  14  maps  and  plates.  London. 

"  This  work  is  an  important  addition  to  nautical  science,  and  does  honor  to 
its  author.  Besides  a  journal  of  the  voyage,  it  contains  a  descriptive 
catalogue  of  the  natural  productions  of  Spitzbergen,  an  account  of  the  pro- 
cess for  obtaining  fresh  water  from  sea  water,  &:c."  Biog.  Univ.  There 
is  an  edition  in  French,  and  one  in  German  with  additions  by  Engel. 

3  Remarks  on  the  observations  made  in  the  late  voyage  to  the 

North  Pole,  for  determining  the  acceleration  of  the  pendulum 

in  latitude  79°  5°'.      By  Samuel   Horsley,  L.L.D.  Sec.  R.S. 

In  a  letter  to  the  Hon.  Constantine  John  Phipps.         London. 

Quarto. 

"This  pamphlet  ought  to  be  annexed   to  every  copy  of  Captain  Phipps's 

book,  and  bound  up  with  it.'' 

4  A  JOURNAL  of  two  visits  made  to  some  nations  of  Indians  on  the 

West  side  of  the  river  Ohio,  in  the  years  1772  and  1773.     By 


196  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1774.  the  Rev.  David  Jones,  minister  of  the  gospel  at  Freehold,  in 

New  Jersey.  .  .  .  Burlington.  N.  J. 

8vo.  pp.  95. 
An  interesting  account  of  the  manners  and  customs  among  some  Indian  tribes 
now  nearly  extinct. 

6  A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  of  the  province  of  New  England,  in  North 

America,  from  the  first  discovery  thereof;   selected  from  various 

authors ;    with  additional  remarks.  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

Tbe  copies  of  this  work  appear  to  have  been  numbered.      I  bave  one  with 

the  No.  7,706. 

6  A  BRIEF  ACCOUNT  of  the  mission  established  among  the  Esqui- 
maux Indians,  on  the  coast  of  Labrador,  by  the  church  of  the 
Brethren,  or  Unitas  Fratrum.  .  .  Lewis. 

8vo.  pp.  33. 

7  Observations  on  a  variety  of  subjects,  literary,  moral  and  re- 
ligious; in  a  series  of  original  letters,  written  by  a  gentleman 
of  foreign  extraction,  who  resided  sometime  in  Philadelphia. 
Revised  by  a  friend,  to  whose  hands  the  manuscript  was  com- 
mitted for  publication.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

12mo. 
Written  by  the  Rev.  Jacob  Duch^  under  the  signature  of  Tamoc  Caspipina. 
A  correspondent  of  the  Monthly  Review  who  signs  himself  a  Ptnnsylva- 
nian,  says  that  the  author  was  Cubate  At  St.  Peter's,  InPhiladelphia, 
In  North  America,  the  initials  of  these  words  forming  the  name  he 
adopted ;  but  does  not  explain  the  meaning  of  Tamoc.  These  letters 
were  reprinted  at  Bath  in  1777. 

8  The  history  of  Louisiana,  &c.  Translated  from  the  French 
of  M,  Le  Page  du  Pratz.     A  new  edition.  London. 

8vo. 

(See  No.  2  of  1763.) 

9  The  history  of  Jamaica  ;  or  a  general  survey  of  the  ancient 
and  modern  state  of  that  island.  Illustrated  with  copper- 
plates. .....  Lon'fon. 

Quarto,  3  vols. 
"  By  Edward  Long,  esq.  whose  high  station  in  tbe  island  of  Jamaica,  where 
he  was  judge  of  the  Admiralty  court,  gave  every  opportunity  of  procuring 
authentic  materials,  which  have  been  digested  with  ingenuity  and  can- 
dour.    The  work  has  now  become  exceedingly  rare."     Nichols. 

10  A  SUMMARY  ACCOUNT  of  the  present  flourishing  state  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  197 

respectable  colony  of  Tobago,  in  the  British  West  Indies.    1774. 
Illustrated  with  a  map  of  the  island,  and  a  plan  of  its  settle-    **''*' 
ment,  agreeably  to  the  sales  by  H.  M.'s  commissioners. 
8vo.  pp.  80.  London. 

11  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  Pataoonia,  and  the  adjoining   parts  of 

South  America;  containing  an  account  of  the  soil,  produce, 
animals,  vales,  mountains,  rivers,  lakes,  &c.  of  those  countries; 
the  religion,  government,  policy,  customs,  dress,  arms,  and 
language  of  the  Indian  inhabitants;  and  some  particulars 
relating  to  Falkland's  Islands.  By  Thomas  Falkner^  who 
resided  near  forty  years  in  those  parts.  Illustrated  with  a 
new  map  of  the  southern  parts  of  America,  engraved  by  Mr. 
Kitchin,  hydrographer  to  his  Majesty.  .  Hereford. 

Quarto,  pp.  144,  2  maps. 
An  abridgment  of  this  work  was  published  in  German  in  1775,    and  in 
French  in  1788.      "A  judicious  author,  whose  book  is  so  much  the  more 
interesting,  on  account  of  the  little  knowledge  we  possess  of  the  people 
and  countries  he  visited.''     Biog.  Univ. 

12  An   oration  delivered  Feb.  4,  1774,  before  the  American  Phi- 

losophical Society,  held  at  Philadelphia.  Containing,  an  en- 
quiry into  the  natural  history  of  medicine  among  the  Indians 
in  North  America,  and  a  comparative  view  of  their  diseases 
and  remedies  with  those  of  civilized  nations.  Together  with 
an  appendix,  containing  proofs  and  illustrations.  By  Benja- 
min Rush,  M.D.,  &c.  .  .  Philadelphia. 
8vo.  pp.  118. 

13  An  historical  account  of  all  the  voyages  round  the  world, 

performed  by  English  navigators,  including  those  lately  un- 
dertaken by  order  of  his  present  Majesty.  The  whole  faith- 
fully extracted  from  the  journals  of  the  voyages,  &c.  In  four 
volumes.  To  which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing  the 
journal  of  a  voyage  to  the  North  Pole,  by  Commodore  Phipps 
and  Captain  Lutwidge.  .  .  .  London. 

Bvo.  4  vols. 
The  two  first  volumes  were  compiled  by  David  Henry,  a  great  contributor 
to  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  and  who  added  a  fifth  volume  in  1775,  and 
a  sixth  in  1788,  containing  Capt.  Cook's  second  and  third  voyages;  in- 
troduced by  an  admirable  summary  of  all  the  voyages  undertaken  for  dis- 
covery only,  in  both  the  Southern  and  Northern  hemispheres,  and  in  the 
Pacific  and  Atlaotic  Oceans.     Nichols'  Lit.  Ante.  iii.  p.  425. 


198  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

Ill  A.  14  A  TRUE  STATE  of  the  proceedings  in  the  Parliament  of  Great 
Britain,  and  in  the  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  relative  to 
the  giving  and  granting  the  money  of  that  province,  and  of  all 
America,  in  the  House  of  Commons,  in  which  they  are  not 
represented.  ....  London. 

Folio. 
"A  chronological  sammary  of  the  disputes  between  the  Parliament  and  the 
colonies,  but  more  especially  with  that  of  Massachusetts  Bay  ;  and  of  the 
events  that  took  place  in  the  course  of  those  disputes :  together  with  such 
remarks  as  naturally  arose  from  them  on  the  part  of  the  Americans.''  M.R. 

15  The  petition  of  Mr.  Bollan,  agent  for  the  council  of  the 
province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  the  King  in  council,  dated 
Jan.  26,  1774.  Published  with  illustrations,  in  order  briefly 
to  shew  to  the  impartial  and  considerate  the  importance  of 
perfect  harmony  between  Great  Britain  and  the  colonies,  their 
merits,  the  benefits  thence  accrued  to  this  kingdom  in  point 
of  empire,  manufactures,  commerce,  wealth  and  naval  strength; 
and  the  origin  and  progress  of  their  present  unhappy  differ- 
ence ;  with  intent  to  promote  their  cordial  and  perpetual  union, 
for  their  mutual  safety  and  welfare,  with  which  their  dissen- 
tion  is  incompatible.  .  .  .  London. 

Quarto. 

16  The  petitions  of  Mr.  Bollan,  agent,  &c.  lately  presented 
to  the  two  Houses  of  Parliament;  with  a  brief  Introduction 
relating  to  the  law  of  nature,  the  authority  of  human  rulers, 
and  the  subject's  common  right  of  defence:  with  subsequent 
observations  respecting  the  nature  of  the  principalities  estab- 
lished in  Europe  by  the  northern  conquerors,  and  of  the 
English  constitution;  to  which  is  subjoined,  the  council's 
defence  against  the  charge  of  certain  misdemeanours. 

Quarto,  pp.  49.  London. 

17  A  speech  intended  to  have  been  spoken  on  the  bill  for  alter- 
ing the  charters  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  Fourth 
edition.  .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  36. 
"  This  unspoken  speech,  which  is  attributed  to  the  bishop  of  St.  Asaph, 
does  equal  honor  to  the  understanding  and  to  the  heart  that  dictated  it.'' 

ISA  SPEECH  never  intended  to  be  spoken,  in  answer  to  a  speech 
intended  to  have  been  spoken,  on   the  bill  for  altering  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  199 

charter  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.     Dedicated  to    1774. 
the  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph.  .  .  .  London.     '*'*' 

8vo.  pp.  35. 
"The  writer  of  this  speech  declaims  with  some  spirit  and  plausibility;  but 
when  he  condescends,  or  rather  pretends  to  reason,  we  cannot  but  pity  either 
the  weakness  or  the  abuse  of  his  faculties."  He  maintains  that  there  are 
more  people  in  England  unrepresentad  and  yet  taxed,  than  there  are  in- 
habitants in  British  America.  He  also  states  that  as  the  Parliament 
represents  the  whole  body  and  realm  of  England  and  dominions  of  the  same, 
the  Americans  are  also  represented  therein. 

19  Observations  on  the  act  of  Parliament  commonly  called  the 

Boston  Port  bill ;  with  thoughts  on  civil  society,  and  stand- 
ing armies.     By  Josiah  Quincy,  junior,  councillor  at  law  in 
Boston.  .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  80. 
First  printed  in  Boston.  "  One  peculiarly  unlucky  circumstance  attending 
our  American  disputes  may  be  added  to  the  rest,  viz.  that  our  fellow- 
subjects  there  are  as  well  read  in  the  nature  and  grounds  of  civil  and  re- 
ligious liberty  as  ourselves;  as  appears  by  many  of  their  late  publications, 
in  which  they  oppose  British  pretensions  on  British  principles ;  and  this 
shrewd  commentary  on  the  Boston  Port  bill  will  incline  us  to  entertain  a 
respectable  opinion  of  their  law  pleaders.''  M.  R. 

20  The  Amkrican  crisis;    a  letter  addressed,  by  permission,  to 

the  Earl  Gower,  lord  president  of   the  council,  «fec.  on  the 
present  alarming  disturbances  in  the  colonies.     Wherein  vari- 
ous important  points  relative  to  plantation  affairs  are  brought 
into  discussion ;  as  well  as  several  persons  adverted  to,  of  the 
most  distinguished  characters.     And  an  idea  is  offered  toward 
a  complete  plan  for  restoring  the  dependence  of  America  upon 
Great  Britain  to  a  state  of  perfection.     By  William  Allen, 
esq.  .....  London- 

8vo.  pp.  72. 
<' There  is  an  unhappy  affectation  of  fine  writing  in  this  pamphlet;   and  it 
contains  many  illiberal  passages :  but  any  particular  attention  to  them, 
would  be  doing  honour  to  a  performance  which  will  reflect  none  upon  its 
author."  M.R. 

21  American   independence  the  interest  and   glory  of  Great 

Britain.     In  a  series  of  letters  to  the  Legislature.         London. 
8vo. 
"  This  writer  asserts  that  the  distance  of  the  colonies  renders  it  impossible  to 
govern  them  by  authority  of  Parliament,  and  that  therefore  a  law  should 


200  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1774.  be  passed  declaring  them  free  and  independent  states.     By  John  Cart- 

wright."  M.  R,  58,  p.  238.     (See  No.  1775.) 

22  A  SUMMARY  VIEW  of  the  rights  of  British  America,  set  forth  in 
some  resolutions  intended  for  the  inspection  of  the  present 
delegates  of  the  people  of  Virginia.  By  a  native,  and  member 
of  the  house  of  burgesses.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  44. 
"  This  summary  was  intended  to  oonvey  to  the  late  convention  of  the  dele- 
gates of  Virginia  the  sentiments  of  one  of  their  members,  who  was  pre- 
Tentedfrom  attending  by  an  accidental  illness."     By  Mr.  Jefferson. 

23  An  appeal  to  the  justice  and  interests  of  the  people  of  Great 
Britain,  in  the  present  dispute  with  America.  By  an  old 
member  of  Parliament.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  46. 
"  The  author  of  this  appeal  is  an  able  advocate  for  the  colonists,  not  as  com- 
posing distinct  states,  but  as  having,  in  common  with  British  subjects,  an 
indefeasible  right  to  an  exclusive  disposal  of  their  own  property.  After 
denying  the  right  he  proceeds  to  expose  the  impolicy  of  raising  a  revenue 
in  America  against  the  will  of  the  people ;  and  this  leads  him  to  a  severe 
reprehension  of  the  late  measures,  and  an  alarming  prediction  of  their 
consequences."  M.  R. 

24  A  VERT  SHORT  and  candid  appeal  to  free-born  Britons.  By  an 
American.  ....  London. 

8vo. 
This  appeal  consists  only  of  arguments  often  repeated  before  in  favour  of 
the  colonies,  without  anything  of  interest  to  those  who  are  at  all  ac> 
quainted  with  the  state  of  the  American  controversy. 

25  Great  Britain's  right  to  tax  the  colonies  placed  in  the 
clearest  light,  by  a  Swiss.        .  .  .  London. 

Svo. 
"  This  Swiss  is  an  advocate  for  the  people  of  America,  chiefly  on  grounds 
which  have  before  been  trodden  by  others,"  M.R. 

26  A  LETTER  from  a  Virginian  to  the  members  of  the  congress  to 
be  held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  1st  of  September,  1774. 

Rvo.  pp.  29. 
No  place,  but  apparently  printed  in  Fhiladalphia.     The  author  appears  to 
have  made  an  unsuccessful  effort  to  dissuade  the  members  of  the  congress 
from  adopting  the  non- importation  and  non-exportation  agreements. 

27  Thoughts  of  a  traveller  upon  our  American  disputes. 
Svo. 

This  pamphlet  contains  some  good  together  with  some  inconsistent  obser- 
vations. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  201 

28  An  argument  in  defence  of  the  exclusive  right  claimed  by  the    ^''^- 

colonies  to  tax  themselves.     With  a  review  of  the  laws  of 
England,  relative  to  representation  and  taxation.      To  which 
is  added,  an  account  of  the  rise  of  the  colonies,  and  the  man- 
ner in  which  the  rights  of  the  subjects  within  the  realm  were 
communicated  to  those  that  went  to  America,  with  the  exer- 
cise of  those  rights  from  their  first  settlement  to  the  present 
time.  .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  163. 
"  Another  solid  and  judicious  advocate  for  tbe  colonies  has  employed  his 

pen  to  no  farther  purpose  than  to  render  the  contrast  between  equity  and 

power  more  glaring."  M.R. 

29  The  administration  of  the  British  colonies.  Part  the  second. 

Wherein  a  line  of  government  between  the  supreme  jurisdic- 
tion of  Great  Britain  and  the  rights  of  the  colonies  is  drawn, 
and  a  plan  of  pacification  is  suggested.  To  which  is  added,  a 
postscript,  being  remarks  on  the  Pennsylvania  instructions, 
and  the  new  essay  on  the  constitutional  power  of  the  parlia- 
ment over  the  colonies.  With  an  appendix,  containing  papers 
referred  to  in  both  the  first  and  second  parts.  By  Thomas 
Pownall,  late  governor,  &c.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  172. 

30  The  American  querist;  or  some  questions  proposed  relative 

to  the  present  disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  her  Ame- 
rican colonies.      By  a  North  American.      The  tenth  edi- 
tion. .....  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

One  edition  of  this  pamphlet  has  no  place  or  printer's  name  to  it,  but  has 
the  appearance  of  having  been  printed  in  London.  Another  edition  has 
"  Boston,  reprinted  by  Mills  and  Hicks,"  on  the  title.  It  is  stated  on 
the  title  of  the  tenth  edition,  that  "  this  pamphlet,  on  the  8th  day  of  Sep- 
tember last,  was,  in  full  conclave  of  the  Sons  of  Liberty  in  New  York, 
committed  to  the  flames  by  the  hands  of  their  common  executioner;  as  it 
contains  some  queries  they  cannot,  and  others  they  will  not  answer!" 

31  Considerations  on  certain  political  transactions  of  the  pro- 

vince of  South  Carolina;  containing  a  view  of  the  colony 
legislature  (under  the  description  of  that  of  Carolina  in  par- 
ticular.) With  observations,  shewing  their  resemblance  to 
the  British  model.       ....  London. 

8vo. 


202  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1 774  "  ^^'^  shrewd  and  dispassionate  examination  of  the  internal  disputes  of  the 

colony  of  South  Carolina  contains  a  detail  of  curious  and  interesting 
transanctions."  M.R. 

32  Answer  to  considerations  on  certain  political  transactions  of 
the  province  of  South  Carolina.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  140. 
"An  answer  to  the  foregoing,  from  a  most  coarse  and  virulent  antagonist, 
who  defeats  whatever  advantages  argument  might  afford  him,  by  the  gross 
illiberality  of  his  language.    He  describes  the  author  of  the  Considerations 
'  as  a  wretch,  whom  his  vices  only  have  raised  to  a  title.'  "  M.R. 

33  Select  letters  on  the  trade  and  government  of  America; 
and  the  principles  of  law  and  polity  applied  to  the  American 
colonies.  Written  by  Gov.  Bernard,  at  Boston,  in  the  years 
1763,  4,  5,  6,  7,  and  8.  Now  first  published.  To  which  are 
added,  the  petition  of  the  Assembly  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
against  the  governor ;  his  answer  thereto,  and  the  order  of  the 
king  in  council  thereon.  .  .  .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  130. 
These  letters  appear  to  have  been  published  by  Governor  Bernard  himself. 
I  have  in  my  possession  the  governor's  original  letter  books,  containing  a 
great  number  of  unpublished  letters,  throwing  great  light  on  the  affairs 
of  New'England  at  that  period  ;  with  a  large  collection  of  original  letters, 
addressed  to  him  from  the  government  and  from  individuals. 

34  The  letters  of  Gov.  Hutchinson  and  Lt.  Gov.  Oliver, 
&c.  printed  at  Boston,  and  remarks  thereon.  With  the  as- 
sembly's address,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  lords*  committee 
of  council.  Together  with  the  substance  of  Mr.  Wedderburn's 
speech  relating  to  those  letters.  And  the  report  of  the  lords' 
committee  to  his  Majesty  in  council.  .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  142. 
These  letters  were  procured  by  Dr.  Franklin,  and  sent  to  Boston  to  his 
friend  Dr.  Samuel  Cooper,  with  strict  injunctions  not  to  allow  them  to  be 
published.  They  were,  however,  printed  in  Boston,  and  made  a  great 
noise  at  the  time.  The  present  edition  was  published,  with  remarks,  in 
exculpation  of  Gov.  Hutchinson,  by  his  friend  Israel  Mauduit. 

35  America  vindicated  from  the  high  charge  of  ingratitude  and 
rebellion :  with  a  plan  of  legislation,  proposed  to  the  consi- 
deration of  both  houses,  for  establishing  a  permanent  and 
solid  foundation  for  a  just  and  constitutional  union  between 
Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.  By  a  friend  to  both  coun- 
tries. .....  Devizes. 

8vo.  pp.  48. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  203 

•'  Written  by  a  warm  advocate  for  the  Americans,  who  proposes  that  a  free    1774. 
constitution  should  be  confirmed  to  North   America,  similar  to  that  of     s^,^ 
Ireland  ;  that  the  claim  of  taxation  over  it  should  be  renounced  ;  and  that 
their  freedom  should  be  guaranteed  against  all  foreign  invaders,''  M.R. 

36  Considerations  on  the  measures  carrying  on  with  respect  to 

the  British  colonies  in  North  America.      The  second  edition 

with  an  appendix  relative  to  the  present  state  of  affairs  on 

that  continent.  ....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  221. 

"  The  first  edition  of  these  considerations  which  we  may  venture  to  ascribe 

to  Mr.  M.  R — b — n,   (Robinson,)  was  hastily  printed,  and  there  were  in 

it,  besides  many  errors  of  the  press,  considerable  omissions,  which  are 

supplied  in  the  present  edition,  to  which  has  been  added,  a  large  appendix, 

relating  to  events  which  have  happened  since.     The  author  is  one  of  the 

most  candid  and  best  informed  of  any  of  the  late  writers  on  the  interests 

of  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies."  M.  R. 

37  Four  tracts,  together  with  two  sermons,  on   political  and 

commercial    subjects.        By  Josiah  Tucker,    D.D.    dean  of 
Glocester.       .....  London. 

8vo. 

The  third  tract,  first  printed  in  1766,  and  the  fourth,  now  first  printed,  relate 
to  the  American  colonies. 

38  A   LETTER  to  Dr.  Tucker,  on  his  proposal  of  a  separation  be- 

tween Great  Britain  and  her  American  colonies.  London. 

8vo. 
*'A  very  inconsiderable  production  by  a  very  indiflferent  writer.''  M.  R. 

39  A  BRIEF  VIEW  of  the  rise  and  progress,  services  and  sufferings, 

of  New  England,   especially  the  province  of  Massachusetts 

Bay.     Humbly  submitted  to  the  consideration  of  both  Houses 

of  Parliament.  ....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

"  Contains  a  very  decent,  and  to  all   appearance,  a  very  fair  and  impartial 

statement  of  facts,  that  ought  to  have  due  attention  paid  to  them."  M.  R. 

40  A  SHORT  VIEW  of  the  history  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts 

Bay,  with  respect  to  their  charters  and  constitution.  By 
Israel  Manduit.  The  third  edition.  To  which  is  now  added, 
the  original  charter  granted  to  that  province  in  the  4th  of 
Charles  I.  and  never  before  printed  in  England.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  93. 
The  first  edition  of  this  tract  appeared  without  a  name  in  1769. 


204  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1774.  41  The  right  of  the  British  legislature    to  tax  the  American 
colonies  vindicated;    and  the  means   of  asserting  that  right 
proposed.        .....  London. 

8vo.  pp.  50. 
"  This  writer  professes  to  prove  that  the  North  Americans  *  have  never  lost 
the  happy  state  of  free  subjects ;  and  that  the  acts  of  the  mother  country, 
regarding  them,  and  of  which  they  now  complain,  are  very  consistent 
with  the  fundamental  principles  of  our  constitution,  erring  only  on  the 
side  of  indulgence  towards  them  j'  points  which,  says  the  reviewer,  cer- 
tainly require  some  ability  to  demonstrate,  to  the  entire  conviction  of  our 
brethren  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic."  M.  R. 

42  A  PLAN  to  reconcile  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies,  and  to 
preserve  the  dependency  of  America.  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  56. 
Dedicated  to  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  and  signed  "Cosmopolite.*' 

43  Two  CHAPTEKS  of  the  last  book  of  Chronicles;    six  letters  to 

the  good  people  of  England ;  and  several  other  pieces,  relative 

to  the  dispute  between  Englishmen  in  Europe  and  in  America. 

By  an  old  English  merchant.  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

The  author  is  a  friend  to  New  England. 

44  The  report  of  the  Lords'  committee  appointed  by  the  House 
of  Lords  to  inquire  into  the  several  proceedings  in  the  colony 
of  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  opposition  to  the  sovereignty  of 
H.  M.  in  his  Parliament  of  Great  Britain,  over  that  province; 
and  also  what  hath  passed  in  this  house  relative  thereto,  from 
the  1st  day  of  Jan.  1764.         .  .  .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  62. 

45  The  interests  of  the  merchants  and  manufacturers  of  Great 
Britain,  in  the  present  contest  with  the  colonies,  stated  and 
considered.     .....  London. 

Svo.  pp.  50. 
"A  ministerial  writer,  whose  principal  endeavour  is  to  prevent  any  interfer- 
ence of  the  merchants  and  manufacturers  of  Great  Britain,  in  behalf  of 
the  people  of  America,  by  representing  that  the  continuance  of  their  trade 
to  the  colonies  clearly  and  entirely  depends  upon  the  laws  of  England, 
having  authority  there."  M.  R. 

46  A  LETTER  to  a  member  of  Parliament  on  the  present  unhappy 
dispute  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.  London. 

Svo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  205 

An  advocate  for  the  measures  of  Government,  whose  opinion  is  that  it  is    1774. 
safer  to  enforce  a  doubtful,  or  eveapernicious  measure,  than  tamely  to  yield 
a  point. 

47  A    FRIENDLY  ADDRESS  to  all  reasonable  Americans,   on  the 

subject  of  our  political  confusions.       In  which  the  necessary 

consequences  of  violently  opposing  the  king's  troops,  and  of  a 

general  non-importation,  are  fairly  stated.  London- 

8vo.  pp.  56. 

First  printed  in  New  York,  and  ascribed  to  Dr.  Myles  Cooper,  president  of 

King's  College,  who  was  soon  after  obliged  to  leave  the  place  on  account 

of  his  tory  principles. 

48  THE  OTHER  SIDE  of  the  qucstion,  or  a  defence  of  the  liberties  of 

North  America.      In  answer  to  a  late  friendly  address  to  all 
reasonable  Americans,  &c.     By  a  citizen.  New  York. 

Svo.  pp.  30. 
Another  edition  has  on  the  title  *'  America,  printed  for  the  purchasers." 

49  Free  thoughts  on  the  proceedings  of  the  continental  congress, 

held    at  Philadelphia,    Sept.  5th,    1774,  &c.      By   A.  W. 
Farmer. 
Svo.  pp.  24.  {No  place.) 

Probably  printed  in  New  York,  written  by  a  tory.        Reprinted  in  London 
in  1775. 

50  The  congress  canvassed :    or,   an  examination  into  the  con- 

duct of  the  delegates,  at  their  grand  convention,    held  in 

Philadelphia,   Sept.    1,  1774.       Addressed  to  the  merchants 

of  New  York.      By  A.  W.  Farmer,  author  of  Free  Thoughts, 

&c. 

Svo.  pp.  2S.  {Noplace.) 

Probably  printed  in  New  York.     The  following  pamphlet  is  referred  to  in  a 

P.8.,  dated  Dec.  16,  1774. 

51  A  FULL  VINDICATION  of  the  mcasures  of  the  congress  from  the 

calumnies  of  their  enemies;  in  answer  to  a  letter,  under  the 
signature  of  A.  W.  Farmer.  Whereby  his  sophistry  is  exposed, 
his  cavils  confuted,  his  artifices  detected,  and  his  wit  ridiculed; 
in  a  general  address  to  the  inhabitants  of  America,  and  a  par- 
ticular address  to  the  farmers  of  New  York.  New  York- 
Svo.  pp.  35. 

This  appears  to  be  an  answer  to  A.  W.'s  Free  Thoughts,  &c. 

52  Extracts  from  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  American  con- 


206  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1774.  tinental    congress,  held  at   Philadelphia  on  the  5th  Sept. 

1774.  ....  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  48. 
Reprinted  in  London  with  additions,   pp.  82.     Another  edition  printed  in 
Boston. 

53  Journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  congress  held  at  Philadel- 

phia, September  5,  1774.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  132. 

Reprinted  in  London,  1775. 

54  Letters  from  a  farmer  in  Pennsylvania  to  the  inhabitants 

of  the  British  colonies.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  136. 

Mr.  Dickinson's^rst  pamphlet.      First  printed  in  1768. 

55  A  NEW  ESSAY  (by  the  Pennsylvanian  Farmer)  on  the    consti- 

tutional power  of  Great  Britain  over  the  colonies  in  America ; 
with  the  resolves  of  the  committee  for  the  province  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  their  instructions  to  their  representatives  in 
Assembly.  ....  London. 

Svo.  pp.  .120. 

By  Mr.  Dickinson. 

56  A  LETTER  from  a  veteran  to  the  officers  of  the  army  encamped 

at  Boston.  .  .  .  America. 

Svo.  pp.  19. 

57  Short  advice  to  the  counties  of  New- York.     By  a  country 

gentleman.  ....  New  York. 

Svo.  pp.  15. 

58  The  association,  &c.  of  the   delegates  of  the  colonies,  at  the 

grand  congress,  held  at  Philadelphia,  Sept.  1,  1774.      Versi- 
fied, and  adapted  to  music,  &c.       By  Bob.  Jingle,  esq.  poet 
laureat  to  the  Congress. 
Svo.  pp.  22.  {No  place.) 

This  and  the  following'  pamphlet  were  published  at  New   York  hy    the 
Tories,  to  ridicule  the  proceedings  of  the  congress. 

59  The  Americans  roused,  in  a  cure  for  the  spleen,  or  amuse- 

ment for  a  winter's  evening;    being  the  substance  of  a  con- 
versation on  the  times,  &c.  .  .  New  York. 
Svo.  pp.  32. 

No  date,  but  probably  printed  about  tliis  time. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  207 

60  A  LETTER  from  Thomas  Lord  Lyttletonto  William  Pitt  earl  of  1774. 

Chatham,  on  the  Quebec  bill.  .  .        New  York. 

8vo.  ap.  20. 

61  An  address  to  protestant  dissenters  of  all  denominations,  on 

the  approaching  election  of  members  of  Parliament,  with  re- 
spect to  the  state  of  public  liberty  in  general,  and  of  American 

affairs  in  particular.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  16. 

62  Colonising;    or  a  plain  investigation  of  that  subject;  with  a 

legislative,  political,  and  commercial  view  of  our  colonies. 
Quarto,  pp.  16.  London. 

63  Thoughts  on  the  act  for  making  more  effectual  provision  for 

the  government  of  the  province  of  Quebec. 
8vo.  London. 

64  The  justice  and  policy  of  the  late  act  of  parliament  for 

making  more  effectual  provision  for  the  government  of  the 
province  of  Quebec,  asserted  and  proved;  and  the  conduct  of 
the  administration  respecting  that  province,  stated  and  vindi- 
cated. .....  London. 

8vo. 

65  A  letter  to  the  earl  of  Chatham  on  the  Quebec  bill. 
8vo,  London. 

66  Free  and  calm  consideration  of  the  misunderstandings  and 

debates  between  the  parliament  of  Great  Britain  and  their 
American  colonies,  in  eight  letters.  .         Salem.  (  Mass.) 

8vo. 

By  —  Prescott  (of  Danvers)  Harv.  College  Cat. 

67  Hydrographie  de  la  Mer  du  Sud,  ou  histoire  de  nouvelles 

decouvertes  faites  dans  la  mer  du  Sud,  redigee  d'apres  les 
diverses  relationes  Angloises  et  Francaises,  avec  une  carte 
dressee  par  Vaugondy.     Par  M.  de  Freville.  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

68  Voyages  dans  la  Mer  du  Sud,  par  les  Espagnols  et  les 

Hollandois,  ouvrage  traduit  de  I'Anglois  de  M.  Dalrymple, 
par  M.  de  Freville.  ....        Paris. 

8vo. 

A  tranalation  of  No.  (1.)  of  1770. 


208  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1774.  69  ExAMEN  historique  sur  Tapparition  de  la  maladie  Venerienne 
en  Europe,  et  sur  la  nature  de  cette  epidemie. 
12mo.  pp.  83.  A.  Lisbonne.     (Paris.) 

It  is  proved  in  this  little  work  that  Siphilis  was  not  brought  from  America, 
but  introduced  there  bj  Europeans. 
70  Recopilacion    de    leyes    de    LOS    REYNOS   dc   las   Indias, 
mandadas  imprimir  y  publicar  por  el  Rey  D.  Carlos.  II. 
Folio,  4  vols.  Madrid. 

The  third  edition  of  the  laws  of  the  Indies.  The  first  was  printed  in  1681 . 
A  fourth  was  published  in  1791.  All  the  editions  are  so  rare  that  it  is 
with  the  greatest  difGicultj  that  a  copy  can  now  be  obtained  in  Spain. 

MDCCLXXV. 

1  The  history  of  the  American  Indians,  particularly  those 
nations  adjoining  to  the  Missisippi,  East  and  West  Florida, 
Georgia,  South  and  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia:  containing 
an  account  of  their  origin,  language,  manners,  religion,  and 
civil  customs,  laws,  form  of  government,  punishments,  con- 
duct in  war  and  domestic  life,  their  habits,  diet,  agriculture, 
manufactures,  diseases  and  method  of  cure,  and  other  parti- 
culars, sufficient  to  render  it  a  complete  Indian  system.  With 
observations  on  former  historians,  the  conduct  of  our  colony 
governors,  superintendents,  missionaries,  &c.  Also  an  ap- 
pendix, containing  a  description  of  the  Floridas  and  the 
Missisippi  lands,  with  their  productions.  The  benefit  of 
colonising  Georgiana,  and  civilising  the  Indians.  And  the 
way  to  make  all  the  colonies  more  valuable  to  the  mother 
country.  With  a  new  map  of  the  country  referred  to  in  the 
history.  By  James  Adair,  esq.  a  trader  with  the  Indians, 
and  resident  in  their  country  for  forty  years.  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  464. 

Mr.  Adair  points  out  various  customs  of  the  Indians,  having  a  striking  re- 
semblance to  those  of  the  Jews  ;  and  the  great  object  of  his  work  appears 
to  be  to  prove  that  the  aborigines  of  America  are  descended  from  that 
race.  Some  distrust  appears  to  have  fallen  upon  his  statements,  although 
he  himself  says  that  his  account  is  neither  disfigured  by  fable  or  prejudice. 
Allen. 

2  The  probability  of  reaching  the  North  Pole  discussed. 
Quarto,  pp.  90.  London. 

By  the  Hon.  Daines  Barrington.     Reprinted  in  1818,  in  octavo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  209 

3  A  COLLECTION  OF  VOYAGES,  chicfly  in  the  Southern  Atlantic  1775. 

Ocean.     Published  from  original  mss.     By  Alexander  Dal-    ^■'^ 
rymple.  .....  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  182. 
This  collection  contains : 

I.  Dr.  Edmund  Halley'stwo  voyages  in  J  698  and  1700. 

II.  Voyage  fait  aux  terres  Australes  par  M.  des  Loziers  Bouvet  en  1738-9. 

III.  Journal  de  navigation  pour  un  voyage  de  la  Mar  du  Sud  fait  par  le  S. 
Ducloz  Guyot,  en  )  753-6. 

IV.  Journal  of  winds,  weather,  (fee.  at  Falkland's  Island,  in  1766-7,  by 
Captain  Macbride. 

4  Travels    through    the    middle    settlements    in     North 

America.     In  the  years  1759  and  1760,  with  observations 

upon    the    state   of  the   colonies.       By   the    Rev.    Andrew 

Burnaby,  A.M.  Vicar  of  Greenwich.  .  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  106. 

A  second  edition  was  published  in  octavo  in  the  same  year ;   and  a  third, 

enlarged,  in  quarto,  in  1798. 

5  American  husbandry  :    containing  an  account  of  the  soil, 

climate,  production,  and  agriculture,  of  the  British  colonies 
in  North  America  and  the  West  Indies.     By  an  American. 
8vo.  2  vols.  London. 

"This  work  contains  some  very  obvious  errors,  which  we  think  the  writer 
must  have  avoided,  had  1  3  really  visited  the  several  colonies  to  which  his 
account  extends.  Whether  he  be  an  American  born  or  not,  is  of  little 
consequence ;  but  certainly  the  present  performance  is  not  merely  the 
result  of  his  own  observations :  it  consists  chiefly  of  accounts  obtained 
from  c'ififerent  persons  very  differently  qualified  for  information;  and 
therefore  considerable  inequality  is  discoverable  in  the  merits  of  their 
respective  communications.  A  correspondent  thinks  that  every  passage 
of  it  discovers  the  industrious  hand  of  that  eminent  book-builder,  Mr. 
A — r  Y— g,  (Arthur  Young.)"  M.R. 

6  An  account  of  the  last  expedition  to  Port  Egmont,  in  Falkland's 

Islands,  in  i772.  Together  with  the  transactions  of  the 
company  of  the  Pinguin  shallop,  during  their  stay  there. 
By  Bernard  Penrose,  surgeon's  mate.  .  London. 

Svo. 

7  A  narrative  of  an  extraordinary  escape  out  of  the  hands 

of  the  Indians  in  the  Gulph  of  St.  Lawrence;  interspersed 
with  a  description  of  the  coast,  and  remarks  on  the  customs 
and  manners  of  the  savages  there.   Also  a  providential  escape 


210  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1775.  after  a  shipwreck,  in  coming  from  the  island  of  St.  John,  in 

said  gulph;  with  an  account  of  the  fisheries  round  that 
island.  Likewise  a  plan  for  reconciling  the  differences  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.  By  Gamaliel 
Smethurst,  late  member  of  the  assembly,  &c.  in  the  province 
of  Nova  Scotia,  comptroller  of  his  Majesty's  customs,  &c. 
Quarto,  pp.  48.  London. 

"  There  is  nothing  very  extraordinary  or  providential  in  either  of  the  author'8 
escapes.  His  plan  for  reconciling  the  differences,  &c.  is  favorable  to  the 
claims  of  America,  but  not  likely  to  be  adopted."  M.R. 

8  A  NARRATIVE  of  the  miseries  of  New- England,  by  reason  of  an 
arbitrary  government  erected  there.  Printed  in  the  tyrannic 
reign  of  Sir  Edmund  Andross.  .  .  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  8. 

First  printed  in  1687,  in  London. 

9  Remarks  on  the  principal  acts  of  the  thirteenth  Parliament 
of  Great  Britain.  By  the  author  of  Letters  concerning  the 
■present  State  of  Poland.  Vol.  I.  containing  remarks  on  the 
acts  relating  to  the  colonies,  with  a  plan  of  reconciliation. 

8vo.  London. 

This  volume  constitutes  part  of  a  work  which  was  never  continued,  and 
was  published  separatelj',  because  the  concerns  of  America  require  such 
immediate  attention,  that,  says  the  author,  '  if  ever  my  poor  opinion  can  be 
worth  attending  to,  it  is  now.'  Dr.  Parr  said  that  this  was  the  ablest 
book  he  ever  read  in  defence  of  the  American  war,  and  that  he  knew  and 
respected  the  writer;  who  was  John  Linde,  esq.  a  barrister,  author  of 
Letters  on  Poland. 

10  The  hemembuancer  ;  or  impartial  repository  of  public  events. 
8vo.  Vol.  I.  Almon, . 

The  publication  of  this  important  collection  of  papers  and  documents  re- 
lating to  the  American  war  commenced  in  this  year,  and  was  continued 
down  to  the  year  1784:  forming  in  all,  seventeen  volumes;  to  which 
should  be  added,  the  Prior  documents,  published  in  1777.  Almon,  the 
publisher,  states,  in  an  advertisement,  that  the  plan  of  the  work  is,  "to 
select  from  all  the  public  prints  the  best  account  of  every  material  public 
event;  to  print  it  in  octavo ;  and  at  the  end  of  the  volume,  to  give  a  copi- 
ous index  to  the  whole."  There  are  several  editions  of  the  first  volume, 
all,  except  the  first,  in  royal  octavo,  while  all  the  other  volumes  are  of 
the  common  octavo  size.  The  first  edition  of  the  first  volume  is  also  de- 
ficient  of  several  papers  contained  in  the  succeeding  editions.  "  Mr.  Al- 
mon was  assisted  by  Gov.  Pownall  in  this  work,  which  has  now  become 
extremely  scarce."     Nichols'  Lit.  Anec. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  211 

Jl  The  PARLIAMENTARY  register;  or  history  of  the  proceedings  1775. 
and  debates  of  the  House  of  Commons :  containing  an  ac- 
count of  the  most  interesting  speeches  and  motions  ;  accurate 
copies  of  the  most  remarkable  letters  and  papers  ;  of  the  most 
material  evidence,  petitions,  &c.  laid  before  and  offered  to 
the  house,  during  the  first  session  of  the  fourteenth  Parliament 

of  Great  Britain.  .  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo.  14  vols. 
These  volumes  contain  the  proceedings  in  the  House  of  Commons  (and  the 
House  of  Lords  also,)  during  the  five  sessions  of  the  fourteenth  Parlia- 
ment, from  1774  to  1779,  and  of  course  relate  almost  entirely  to  American 
affairs.  It  was  published  simultaneously  with  the  Remembrancer,  and 
should  accompany  that  w^ork  in  an  American  library.  The  editor  was 
assisted  by  "many  senatorial  gentlemen,"  and  its  authenticity,  conse- 
quently, may  be  depended  on. 

12  A  JOURNAL  OF  OCCURRENCES  which  happened  within  the  circle 

of    observation   in  the  detachment  commanded  by  Colonel 
Benedictine  Arnold,  consisting  of  two  battalions,  which  were 
detached  from  the  army  at  Cambridge,  in  the   year  1775. 
By  Major  Ret.  J.  Meigs. 
Small  4to.  pp.  11. 
This  interesting  little  tract  contains  an  account  of  the  attack  on  Quebec,  in 
which  General  Montgomery  was  killed.     It  has  no  place,  date,  or  printer's 
name,  but  has  the  appearance  of  having  been  printed  in  America.     A  part 
of  this  journal  is  printed  in  the  Remembrancer,  vol.  iii. ;  said  to  be  taken 
from  the  American  copy,  "supposed  to  be  written  by  Major  Meigs." 

13  American  independence,   the  interest  and  glory  of  Great 

Britain.  A  new  edition.  To  which  is  added,  a  copious  ap- 
pendix, containing  two  additional  letters  to  the  legislature ; 
a  letter  to  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  controverting  his  principles 
of  American  government;  and  a  postcript  containing  new 
arguments  on  the  subject;  a  draught  of  a  bill  proposed  to  be 
brouecht  into  Parliament  for  restoring  peace  and  harmony  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  British  America,  and  for  perpetuating 
the  same.  Together  with  the  essential  materials  for  a  pro- 
posed grand  British  league  and  confederacy,  to  be  entered  into 
by  Great  Britain  and  all  states  of  British  America:  the  whole 
of  which  shews  beyond  denial  or  doubt,  that  by  granting  the 
colonists  an  unrestrained  civil  freedom  and  legislative  inde- 
pendence, we  may  most  effectually  secure  their  future  com- 


212 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


i-yc  mercial  dependence  upon,  and  consequently  shall  best  pro- 

^^  mote  the  interest,  and  support  the  glory  of  Great  Britain. 

8vo.  pp.  108.  Wilkie,  . 

By  John  Cartwright.  See  M.  R.  Iviii.,  238.  For  the  first  edition  see  No.  21 
of  1774.  In  this  new  edition  the  author  gives  the  names  and  boundaries 
of  nineteen  American  states,  together  with  a  map  of  the  same. 

14  A  LETTER  TO  Edmund  Burke,  csq.  controverting  the  princi- 

ples of  American  government  laid  down  in  his  lately  published 
speech  on  American  taxation,  delivered  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, on  the  19th  of  April,  1774.       .  Wilkie, '. 

8vo.  pp.  30.     Postscript,  pp.  51. 
By  Major  Cartwright,  under  the  signature  of  Constitiitio :  dedicated  to  Sir 
George  Saville.     Although  with  a  separate  title-page  and  paging,   this 
tract  appears  to  have  been  published  with  the  foregoing,  in  one  book. 

15  A  PI  AiN  s ...TE  of  the  argument  between  Great  Britain  and  her 

colonies.         ....  Becket, . 

8vo.  pp.  19. 
A  brief  recapitulation  of  the  arguments  usually  employed  by  the  advocates 
for  parliamentary  supremacy  over  America. 

16  A  CONCISE  ACCOUNT  of  all  the  British  colonies  in  North  Ame- 

rica, comprehending  their  rise,  progress,  and  modern  state, 

particularly  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  &c.  Bew, . 

8vo. 
A  tolerable  account  of  the  New- England  provinces,  but  that  of  the  other 
colonies  is  very  brief  indeed. 

17  A  DECLAUATioN  by  the  representatives  of  the   united  colonies 

of  North  America,  now  met  in  general  congress  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  setting  forth  the  causes  and  necessity  of  their  taking 
up  arms.  Also  an  address  from  the  twelve  united  colonies 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Great  Britain.  W.  Pine,  Bristol. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  2d. 

Reprinted  from  the  Philadelphia  edition. 

18  The  declaration,  &c.      The  letter  of  thetwtlve  united  colo- 

nies by  their  delegates  in  congress  to  the  inhabitants  of  Great 
Britain,  their  humble  petition  to  H.  M.  and  their  address  to 
the  people  of  Ireland.  Collected  together  for  the  use  of  seri- 
ous thinking  men,  by  lovers  of  peace.  .  London. 
8vo.  pp.  36. 

Similur  to  the  foregoing,  but  with  some  additions. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  "213 

19  The  rights  of  the  English  colonies  established  in  America,  1775. 

stated  and  defended ;    their  merits  and  importance  to  Great     ^^^^^ 
Britain  displayed;  with  illustrations  of  the  benefits  of  their 
union,  and  the  mischiefs  and  dangers  of  their  continued  dis- 
sension. ....  Almon, . 

8vo. 
•'  This  performance,  which  we  consider  as  the  work  of  Mr.  B — nd,  is  written 
with  decent  moderation  and  impartiality.  It  consists  chiefly  of  facts  de- 
rived from  ancient  history,  from  the  accounts  of  the  transactions  which 
occasioned  the  revolt  of  the  United  Provinces,  and  from  the  history  of  our 
American  colonies."  M.  R. 

20  Tract  V.      The  respective  pleas  and  arguments  of  the  mother 

country  and  of  the  colonies  distinctly  set  forth ;  and  the  im- 
possibility of  a  compromise  of  differences  or  a  mutual  con- 
cession of  rights,  plainly  demonstrated.  By  Josiah  Tucker, 
D.D.  dean  of  Gloucester.        .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  51. 
"The  contents  of  this  tract  are  so  foreign  from  the  proper  subject  of  con- 
sideration, and  so  evidently  the  effusion  of  ill  temper,  that  did  they  not 
proceed  from  so  respectable  a  character  as  the  dean  of  Gloucester,  we 
should  have  imagined  them  solely  intended  as  the  vehicle  of  insinuations 
against  the  colonies,  unjust  in  their  nature  and  malevolent  in  their  de- 
sign." M.R. 

21  An  humble  address  and  earnest  appeal  to  those  respectable 

personages  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  who,  by  their  great 
and  permanent  interest  in  landed  property,  their  liberal  edu- 
cation, elevated  rank,  and  enlarged  views,  are  the  ablest  to 
judge,  and  the  fittest  to  decide,  whether  a  connection  with, 
or  a  separation  from  the  continental  colonies  of  America,  be 
most  for  the  national  advantage,  and  the  lasting  benefit  of 
these  kingdoms.  By  Josiah  Tucker,  D.D.  dean  of  Glou- 
cester. ....  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  94. 
Dean  Tucker  seems  to  think  that  the  Americans  are  unworthy  of  the  pro- 
tection of  the  mother  country,  and  that  consequently  she  had  better 
abandon  them  entirely  to  themselves,  "and  to  reject  them  from  being 
fellow-members  and  joint  partakers  with  us  in  the  privileges  and  advan- 
tages of  the  British  empire."  The  dean,  in  this  tract,  calls  the  Monthly 
Reviewers  the  agents  and  confederates  of  Dr.  Franklin. 

22  A  short  hint,  addressed  to  the  candid  and  dispassionate,  on 

both  sides  the  Atlantic.  .  .  Almon,  . 

8vo. 


214  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1775.  23  Select  DISSERTATIONS  on  colonies  and  plantations.  By  those 
celebrated  anthors,  Sir  Josiah  Child,  Charles  Davenant,  LL.D. 
and  Mr.  William  Wood,  wherein  the  nature  of  plantations, 
and  their  consequences  to  Great  Britain,  are  seriously  con- 
sidered ;  and  a  plan  proposed  which  may  settle  the  unhappy 
differences  between  Great  Britain  and  America. 
8vo.  Hay, . 

24  Some  reasons  for  approving  of  the  dean  of  Gloucester's  plan 
of  separating  from  the  colonies.  With  a  proposal  for  a  further 
improvement.  .  .  .  Conant, . 

8vo.  pp.  32. 
"  These  reasons  are  intended  to  ridicule  the  plan  in  question,  and  they 
cannot  fail  of  success."  M.  R. 

25  The  law  of  liberty.  A  sermon  on  American  affairs,  preached 
at  the  opening  of  the  provincial  congress  of  Georgia.  Ad- 
dressed to  the  R.  H.  Earl  of  Dartmouth.  With  an  appendix, 
giving  a  concise  account  of  the  struggles  of  Swisserland  to 
recover  their  liberty.     By  John  J.  Zubly,  D.D. 

8vo.  pp.  74.  Almon, . 

Reprinted  from  a  Philadelphia  edition.  **  Warm  for  the  congress,  but  sen- 
sible. Dr.  Zubly  is  a  man  of  abilities,  and  a  good  writer  ;  witness  also 
his  rational  and  pathetic  address  to  Lord  Dartmouth,  prefixed  to  this 
discourse."  M.R. 

26  A  CANDID  EXAMINATION  of  the  mutual  claims  of  Great  Britain 
and  the  colonies :  with  a  plan  of  accommodation  on  constitu- 
tional principles.  .  .  .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  62. 

"  This  pamphlet  has  been  advertised  as  the  production  of  Mr.  Galloway, 
and  we  have  otherwise  sufficient  authority  not  only  to  ascribe  it  to  that 
gentleman,  but  to  consider  it  as  the  effect  of  illiberal  motives  and  un- 
worthy passions."  M.R. 

27  The  address  of  the  people  of  Great  Britain  to  the  inhabitants 
of  America.  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  60. 
"This  address  is  said  and  believed  to  have  been  written  by  Sir  J.  D.  (Sir 
John  Dalrymple,)  and  printed  at  the  public  expense,  to  be  distributed  in 
America,  where  the  greatest  part  of  a  large  impression  has  been  sent  ap- 
parently to  co-operate  with  a  late  conciliatory  resolution  of  the  House  of 
Commons.     It  is  replete  with  expressions  of  tender  affection  for  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  215 

inhabitants  of  the  colonies,  and  paints  the  measures  and  intentions  of  1775. 
government  towards  them  in  the  softest  and  most  pleasing  colours."  s^v^^z 
M.R. 

28  Motions  made  in  the  House  of  Commons,  on  Monday,  the  27th 

of  March,  1775.      Together  with  a  draught  of  a  letter  of 

requisition  to  the  colonies.  .  Almon, . 

Quarto. 
"  These  motions,  and  the  proposed  letter  of  requisition,  were  the  parts  of 
an  oflFered  plan,  by  Mr.  Hartley,  for  restoring  the  peace  and  affection,  and 
commerce,  formerly  subsisting  between  the  inhabitants  of  Great  Britain 
and  of  British  America."    M.R. 

29  The  reply  of  a  gentleman  in  a  select  society,  upon  the  im- 

portant contest  between  Great  Britain  and  America. 
8vo.  Almon, . 

30  A  DECLARATION  of  the  peoplc's  natural  right  to  a  share  in  the 

legislature.     By  Granville  Sharpe.  White, . 

Svo. 
•'  We  are  sorry  to  find  that  but  a  small  impression  of  this  sober,  dispassion- 
ate, and  rational  performance,  has  been  made,  for  the  purpose  only  of 
being  given  among  the  author's  friends."   M.R. 

31  An  ANSWER  to  the  printed  speech  of  Edmund  Burke,  esq. 

spoken  in  the  House  of  Commons,  April  19th,  1774.  In 
which  his  knowledge  in  polity,  legislature,  humankind,  his- 
tory, commerce,  and  finance,  is  candidly  examined;  his  argu- 
ments are  fairly  refuted;  the  conduct  of  administration  is 
fully  defended;    and  his  oratoric  talents  are  clearly  exposed 

to  view.  ....  Evans, . 

Svo.  pp.  222. 
By  Dr.  Shebbeare.  "  This  pamphlet  contains  so  many  slanderous  invectives, 
coarse  witticisms,  vulgar  obscene  allusions,  and  scandalous  epithets,  that, 
exalted  as  the  author  himself  has  formerly  been,  his  answer  falls  beneath 
all  notice."  M.R. 

32  A  LETTER  to  Edmund  Burke,  esq.,  agent  for  the  colony  of 

New  York,  &c.  in  answer  to  his  printed  speech  of  March  22, 

1775,  &c.     By  Josiah  Tucker,  D.D.  dean  of  Gloucester. 

Svo.  pp.  58.  Gloucester. 

"  Dr.  Tucker  here  controverts  many  of  INIr.  Burke's  arguments,  and  almost 

all  his  conclusions  ;  and  labours  to  support  the  expediency  of  his  favorite 

plan  of  a  separation  between  Great  Britain  and  the  colonies  in  America  • 

aud  the  better  to  dispose  tlie  public   to  it,  he  represents  the  colonists 


216  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1775.  themselres  as  the  most  unprincipled,  worthless,  and  detestable  part  of 

v^^  mankind."  M.R. 

33  The  false  alarm  ;  or,  the  Americans  mistaken. 

8vo.  Ridley, . 

"  We  cannot  discover  any  degree  of  pertinence  in  the  title  of  this  perform- 
ance, which  is  but  a  feeble  attempt  to  vindicate  the  late  measures  of 
government  respecting  colonies."  M.R. 

34  Arguments  in  support  of  the  supremacy  of  the  British  legis- 

lature and  their  right  to  tax  the  Americans.     Addressed  to 

the  citizens  of  London.     By  a  Liveryman.      Wiikie, . 

8vo. 
"  Most  of  these  arguments  are  extracted  from  a  pamphlet  published  seven 
years  ago,  under  the  title  of  A  Review  of  the  Controversy,  8^c." 

35  Americans  against  liberty;  or,  an  essay  on  the  nature  and 

principles  of  true  freedom,  shewing  that  the  designs  and  con- 
duct of  the  Americans  tend  only  to  tyranny  and  slavery. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  Mathews, . 

"  The  author  is  an  able  advocate  for  British  claims."  M.R. 

36  The  conduct  of  administration,  with  regard  to  the  colo- 

nies. ....         Williams, . 

Svo. 
"  The  whole  conduct  of  the  ministry,   with  respect  to  the  troubles   in 
America,  is  absolutely  condemned  by  this  warm  writer,  who  expresses 
himself  with  more  zeal  than  judgment."  M.R. 

37  A  proposition  for  the  present  peace  and  future  government 

of  the  British  colonies  in  North  America.  Davis, . 

Svo.  pp.  54. 
"  Our  author's  proposition  appears  to  be  the  result  of  good  sense,  prudence, 
moderation,  and  a  competent  knowledge  of  the  subject:  and  we  hope  his 
advice  will  be  duly  and  immediately  attended  to  by  both  parties ;    lest 
WISDOM  and  repentance  should  come  too  late."  M.R. 

38  A  VIEW  of  the  several  schemes  with  respect  to  America,  and 

their  comparative  merit  in  promoting  the  dignity  and  interest 

of  Great  Britain.  .  .  .  Owen, . 

8vo.  pp.  55. 
"  After  examining  many  of  the  plans  suggested  for  terminating  our 
American  contest,  the  writer  declares  in  favour  of  that  which  consists  in 
restoring  the  colonies  to  the  situation  they  were  in  before  the  stamp  act, 
and  waving  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  the  exercise  of  taxation,  as  in- 
expedient." M.R.  By  Capel  Lofft.  I  have  his  own  copy,  with  his 
manuscript  additions. 


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39  The  proceedings  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia.  1775. 
Quarto.                                                                          Williamsburg. 

40  An  impartial  and  authentic  narrative  of  the  battle  fought  on 

the  17th  of  June,  1775,  between  H.  B.  M.'s  troops  and  the 
provincial  army,  on  Bunker's  Hill,  near  Charlestown,  in 
New  England.  With  a  true  and  faithful  account  of  the 
officers  killed  and  wounded.  To  which  are  added,  some  re- 
marks and  anecdotes  which  have  not  yet  transpired.  The 
whole  collected  and  written  on  the  spot.      By  John  Clarke, 

first  lieutenant  of  marines.  .  Millan, . 

8vo.  pp.  36. 

41  TheYankies'  war-whoop;  or  Lord  North's  Te  Deum  for  the 

victorious  defeat  at  Boston,  June  17,  1775.     Written  by  an 

American.  .  .  .  Bladon, -. 

Quarto. 
"  Banters  tbe  gazette  account  of  the  battle,  and  extols  the  Americans,  in 
wretched  rhymes,    concluding    with  the    following  couplet,  which    is 
worth  all  the  rest  of  the  poem:" 

"And  therefore  I  think  we'd  best  kiss  and  be  friends. 
For  vice  must  be  beat  that  with  virtue  contends."   M.R. 

42  An  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  British  and  other  pro- 

testant  inhabitants  of  the  province  of  Quebec,  in  North 
America,  in  order  to  obtain  a  house  of  assembly  in  that  pro- 
vince.. ....  White, . 

8vo.  pp.  294. 
"  This  volume  is  the  work  of  Francis  Maseres,  esq.  lately  attorney-general 
of  Quebec,  and  now  cursitor  baron  of  the  court  of  exchequer."    A  volume 
of  additional  papers  was  printed  in  1776. 

43  A  SECOND  appeal  to  the  justice  and  interests  of  the  people  on 

the  measures  respecting  America,  by  the  author  of  the  first. 

8vo.  pp.  90.  Almon, . 

"  An  account  of  what  has  occurred  in  our  unhappy  American  contest,  since 
the  first  appeal,  (see  No.  23,  1774,)  was  published."  The  following 
pamphlet  is  by  the  same  author  : 

44  A  SPEECH  intended  to  have  been  delivered  in  the  House  of 

Commons,  in  support  of  the  petition  from  the  general  con- 
gress at  Philadelphia.  .  .  Almon, . 

Svo.  pp.  67. 
"  A  very  able  and  spirited  exposition  of  the  grievances  alleged  in  tlie  peti- 
tion from  the  congress,  together  with  a  review  of  the  causes  and  progress 


218  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 775  °^  ^^^  American  contest,  and  a  vindication  of  the  several  measures  pur- 

sued  bj  the  colonies."  M.R. 

45  An  essay  on  the  nature  of  colonies  and  the  conduct  of  the 
mother  country  towards  them.  ,  Johnson, .. 

8vo.  pp.  57. 
"This  performance  consists  of  extracts  from  the  writings  of  the  marquis  of 
Mirabeau,  tending  lo  discourage  the  present  pursuit  of  coercive  measures 
towards  the  colonies."  M.R. 

46  The  substance  of  the  evidence  on  the  petition  presented  by 
the  West  India  planters  and  merchants  to  the  House  of 
Commons,  as  it  was  introduced  at  the  bar,  and  summed  up 
by  Mr.  Glover,  March  16,  1775.  .         Cadell, . 

8vo. 
"  Contains  many  important  facts  and  observations  respecting  the  situation, 
mutual  relations,  and  commerce  of  the  British  American  colonies."  M.R. 

47  A  LETTER  to  the  R.  H.  Lord  Camden,  on  the  bill  for  restrain- 
ing the  trade  and  fishery  of  the  four  provinces  of  New 
England.  ....         Cadell, , 

Bvo.  pp.  44. 
*•  This  writer,  by  suppressing  and  misrepresenting  facts,  endeavours  to  de- 
fend the  expediency,  justice,  and  humanity  of  the  bill,  which  is  the 
subject  of  his  letter,  in  opposition  to  the  noble  lord  to  whom  the  letter  is 
addressed."  M.R. 

48  A  LETTER  TO  Dr.  Shebbeare*.  Containing  a  confutation  of 
his  arguments  concerning  the  Boston  and  Quebec  Acts  of 
Parliament;  and  his  aspersions  upon  the  memory  of  King 
William,  and  the  protestant  dissenters.  By  Hugh  Baillie, 
LL.D,  &c.  Donaldson, . 

8vo. 

49  An  appendix  to  a  letter  to  Dr.  Shebbeare:  to  which  are 
added,  some^observations  on  a  pamphlet  entitled  Taxation  no 
Tyranny,  in  which  the  sophistry  of  that  author's  reasoning  is 
detected.     By  a  doctor  of  laws.  Donaldson, . 

8vo. 

This  pamphlet  is  also  by  Dr.  Hugh  Baillie. 

50  A  CONCILIATORY  addrcss  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  and 
of  the  colonies,  on  the  present  important  crisis. 

Bvo.  Wilkie, . 

"  This  address  appears  to  have  been  produced  by  a  benevolent  desire  of 
promoting  the  re-establishment  of  harmony  between  Great  Britain  and 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  219 

the  colonies  on  equitable  terms ;  for  which  purpose,  the  author  enumerates    ]  775, 
several  concessions  to  be  made  on  both  sides,  for  their  mutual  security 
and  benefit,  most  of  which  appear  to  be  reasonable  and  just."  M.R. 

51  Remarks  on  the  new  essay  of  the  Pennsylvanian  Farmer,  and 
on  the  resolves  and  instructions  prefixed  to  that  essay;  by 
the  author  of  The  right  of  the  British  Legislature  vindi- 
cated. ....  Becket, . 

8vo.  pp.  62. 

"  This  author  appears  to  possess  considerable  abilities  for  literary  contro- 
versy, and  has  employed  them  dexterously  (though  sometimes  very  illi- 
berally) in  opposition  to  the  Farmer's  essay."  M.R. 

.52  What  think  ye  of  the  congress  now?  Or  an  inquiry  how 
far  the  Americans  are  bound  to  abide  by  and  execute  the  de- 
cisions of  the  late  continental  congress.  With  a  plan,  by 
Samuel  Galloway,  esq.  for  a  proposed  union  between  Great 
Britain  and  the  colonies.  To  which  is  added,  an  alarm  to  the 
legislature  of  the  province  of  New  York,  occasioned  by  the 
present  political  disturbances.  Addressed  to  the  representa- 
tives in  general  assembly  convened.  Richardson, . 

8vo.  pp.  90. 

First  printed  in  New  York.  *'  Intended  to  dissuade  the  people  of  New  York 
from  concurring  with  their  sister  colonies  in  adhering  to  the  association, 
&c.  of  the  congress."   M.R. 

53  Common  sense;  in  nine  conferences  between  a  British  mer- 
chant and  a  candid  merchant  of  America,  in  their  private 
capacities  as  friends ;  tracing  the  several  causes  of  the  present 
contest  between  the  mother  country  and  her  American  sub- 
jects, the  fallacy  of  their  prepossessions;  and  the  ingratitude 
and  danger  of  them;  the  reciprocal  benefits  of  national  friend- 
ship; and  the  moral  obligations  of  individuals  which  enforce 
it:  with  various  anecdotes  and  reasons  drawn  from  facts, 
tending  to  conciliate  all  differences,  and  to  establish  a  perma- 
nent union,    for   the  common  happiness  and    glory  of  the 

British  empire.  .  .  .         Dodsley, . 

Quarto,  pp.  127. 

"  The  candid  merchant  of  America,  who  is  here  employed  to  support  nine 
tedious  conferences,  and  to  be  converted  from  his  opinions,  and  sent  home 
to  convert  his  countrymen,  appears  to  have  been  a  greater  booby  than  even 


220  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 775.  tt®  letter-writer  who  was  brought  forward  some  time  since  by  a  reverend 

y^,.^  dean."  M.R. — Dean  Tucker  is  here  probably  referred  to. 

54  Taxation  no  tyranny;  an  answer  to  the  resolutions  and  ad- 

dress of  the  American  congress.  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.91. 
This  noted  tract  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Johnson  gave  rise  to  a  great  many 
others,  the  principal  of  which  are  the  following : 

55  An    answer   to  a  pamphlet  entitled  Taxation  no  Tyranny. 

Addressed  to  the  author,  and  to  persons  in  power. 
8vo.  pp.  63.  Almon, . 

This,  according  to  the  Monthly  Review,  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  answers 
to  the  foregoing. 

56  Tyranny  unmasked:  an  answer  to  a  late  pamphlet  entitled 

Taxation  no  Tyranny.  Flexney, •. 

8vo.  pp.  90. 

This  pamphlet  contains  some  good  reasoning,  but  is  in  general  inferior  to 
the  former. 

57  Taxation  tyranny:  addressed  to  SamuelJohnson,  LL.D. 
Svo.  pp.  80.  Bew, . 


The  style  and  argument  of  this  performance  deserves  commendation,  but  in 
some  cases  the  author  appears  not  to  be  well  acquainted  with  facts  in  re- 
gard  to  the  dispute. 

58  The  pamphlet  entitled  Taxation  no  Tyranny  candidly  con- 

sidered, and  its  arguments  and  pernicious  doctrines  exposed 

and  refuted.  .  .  .  Davis, . 

Svo. 

59  Resistance  no  rebellion  ;  in  answer  to  Dr.  Johnson's  Tax- 

ation no  Tyranny.  .  .  .  Bell, . 

8vo.  pp.  35. 
This  reply,  "  by  way  of  parody,^''  appears  to  be  in  general  well  conducted, 
and  capable  of  affording  much  entertainment,  with  some  information. 

60  A  DEFENCE  of  the  resolutions  and  address  of  the  American 

congress;  in  reply  to  Taxation  no  Tyranny.     By  the  author 

of  Regulus.  .  .  .  Williams, . 

8vo.  pp.  96. 
"  This  pamphlet  contains  many  very  harsh,  and  some  very  just  strictures 
on  the  doctrines  and  tenets  advanced  by  Dr.  Johnson,  whose  pamphlet 
has  been  honoured  with  unmerited  notice."  M.R. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  221 

61  A  CALM  ADDRESS  to  ouF  American  colonies.    By  John  Wesley.    1775. 
12mo.  2d.  Hawes, .    '^■^ 

Mr.  Weslej  has  here  revived  some  of  the  arguments  urged  by  Dr.  Johnson 
in  his  Taxation  no  Tyranny :  and  his  Calm  Address  gave  rise  to  as  manj 
answers  as  that  celebrated  pamphlet  did. 

62  A  LETTEa  to  the  Rev.   Mr.  John  Wesley,  occasioned  by  his 

Calm  address  to  the  American  colonies.  By  Caleb  Evans, 
M.A.  A  new  edition,  to  which  are  prefixed,  some  observa- 
tions on  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wesley's  late  reply.      Dilly, . 

12mo.  3d. 

The  first  edition  of  this  pamphlet  was  published  under  the  signature  of 
Americanus.  The  following  supplement  to  it,  by  a  different  writer,  was 
published  before  this  edition,  with  the  author's  real  name,  appeared. 

63  A  SECOND  ANSWER  to  Mt.  John  Wesley:    being  a  supplement 

to  the  letter  signed  Americanus.  In  which  the  idea  of  supreme 
power,  and  the  nature  of  royal  charters,  are  briefly  consi- 
dered.    By  W.  D.             .               .                 Wallis, . 

12mo.  2d. 

64  A  CONSTITUTIONAL  ANSWER  to  the   Rcv.   Mr.  John  Wesley's 

Calm  address  to  the  American  colonies.  Dilly, . 

12mo.  2d. 

Mr.  Wesley  is  here  charged  with  acting  the  part  of  a  political  incendiary. 

65  An  OLD  FOX  tarred  and  feathered ;  occasioned  by  what  is  called 

Mr.  John  Wesley's  Culm  address  to  our  American  colonies. 

By  an  Hanoverian.  .  .  French, . 

J2mo.  2d. 

The  intention  of  the  Hanoverian  is  to  show  Mr.  Wesley's  honesty  as  a 
plagiarist,  pointing  out  no  less  than  thirty-one  paragraphs  borrowed  from 
Jolinson's  Taxation,  8;c.  and  to  raise  a  little  skin  by  giving  the  Fox  a 
gentle  flogging  as  a  turncoat. 

66  A  WOLF  IN  sheep's  cloathing;  or  an  old  Jesuit  unmasked. 

Containing  an  account  of  the  wonderful  apparition  of  Father 
Petre's  ghost,  in  the  form  of  the  Rev.  John  Wesley.  With 
some  conjectures  concerning  the  secret  cause  that  moved  him 
to  appear  at  this  very  critical  juncture.     By  Patrick  Bull, 

esq.  ....  Trickett, . 

12mo.  2d. 


222  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1775.  The  title-page  st&tea,  Dublin,  printed  ;  London,  reprinted.    The  author  in- 

sinuates that  Mr.  Wesley  had  solicited  an  American  bishopric. 

67  A  COOL  REPLY  to  a  calm  address  lately  published  by  Mr.  John 
Wesley.     The  second  edition.     By  T.  S. 

12mo.  Plummer, . 

68  A  LETTER  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Wesley,  on  his  Calm  address 
to  the  American  colonies :  wherein  is  shewn  that  his  argu- 
ments are  inconclusive,  his  principles  arbitrary,  and  that  his 
assertions  are  without  foundation.  By  a  lover  of  truth  and 
the  British  constitution.  .  .  Manchester. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  Id. 
Perhaps  no  two  pamphlets  did  more  good  to  the  American  cause  than  Dr. 
Johnson's  Taxation  no  tyranny  and  Mr.  Wesley's  Calm  address,  both  in- 
tended to  have  quite  a  contrary  effect  from  that  which  was  produced  by 
them.  This  arose  from  the  numerous  and  able  answers  which  were 
immediately  circulated  by  lovers  of  truth  and  enemies  to  oppression,  in 
which  the  specious  arguments  of  the  ministerial  hirelings  were  at  once 
confuted  and  shown  in  their  true  light. 

69  The  present  crisis,  with  respect  to  America  considered. 
8vo.  Becket, . 

The  writer  of  this  pamphlet  zealously  opposes  the  claims  of  the  colonies, 
and  goes  so  far  as  to  assert  that  even  the  people  of  England  may  be 
justly  taxed  without  the  consent  of  any  Parliament. 

70  Plan  offered  by  the  Earl  of  Chatham  to  the  House  of 
Lords,  entitled  a  Provisional  Act  for  settling  the  troubles  in 
America,  and  for  asserting  the  supreme  legislative  authority 
of  Great  Britain,  &c.  Which  was  rejected,  and  not  suffered 
to  lie  on  the  table.  .  .  Almon, . 

Quarto,  pp.  14. 
"  We  cannot  but  regret  that  this  plan  was  totally  rejected,  as  we  are  con- 
vinced that  by  a  few  slight  alterations  it  might  have  been  rendered  accept- 
able to  the  people  of  America;  and  that  the  general  superintending 
authority  of  Parliament,  asserted  and  maintained  by  it,  would  have  suffi- 
ciently answered  all  the  good  ends  of  government,  and  have  preserved 
through  a  long  series  of  years  that  happy  union  which  has  been  so  bene- 
ficial as  well  to  the  parent  state  as  to  her  American  offspring."     M.  R. 

71  The  speech  of  the  Right  Honourable  the  Earl  of  Chatham, 
in  the  House  of  Lords,  on  Friday,  the  20th  of  January,  1775. 

Quarto,  pp.  18.  Kearsly, . 

72  The  American  querist;  or  some  questions  proposed  relative 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  223 

to  the  present  disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  her  Ameri-   1775. 

can  colonies.     By  a  North  American.     Richardson,  — .     *-"*' 

8vo. 
First  printed  in  New  York,  (See  No.  30,  1774,)  wliere  the  sons  of  liberty 
committed  it  to  the  flames  by  the  hands  of  their  common  executioner. 
Supposed  to  be  written  by  Dr.  Cooper,  as  well  as  the  two  following  . 

73  The  CONGRESS  canvassed;  or  an  examination  into  the  conduct 

of  the  delegates  at  their  grand  convention  held  in  Philadel- 
phia Sept.  1,  1774.  Addressed  to  the  Merchants  of  New 
York.     By  A.  W.  Farmer,  author  of  Free  Thoughts. 

8vo.  Richardson, . 

First  printed  in  New  York.     (See  No.  50,  1774.) 

74  A  VIEW  OF  THE  CONTROVERSY  between  Great  Britain  and  her 

colonies:  including  a  mode  of  determining  their  present  dis- 
putes  finally  and   effectually,  and  of  preventing  all  future 

contentions.     By  A.  W.  Farmer.  Richardson, . 

8vo. 
First  printed  in  New  York,  (see  No.  51,  1774,)  and  intended  as  an  answer 
to  "  A  full  yindication,  &c. 

75  The  farmer  refuted,  or  a  more  impartial  and  comprehensive 

view  of  the  dispute  between  Great  Britain  and  the  colonies, 
intended  as  a  further  vindication  of  the  congress:  in  answer 
to  a  letter  from  A.  W.  Farmer,  entitled  A  view  of  the  contro- 
versy, &c.  ....  New  York. 
8vo.  pp.  78. 

76  The  present  political  state  of  the  province  of  Massachu- 

setts Bay  in  general,  and  the  town  of  Boston  in  particular. 
Exhibiting  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  disordered  state  of  that 
country,   in  a  series  of  letters,  published  weekly,  at   Boston, 
and  now  first  collected.     By  a  native  of  New  England. 
8vo.  pp.  86.  New  York. 

This  pamphlet  has  two  title-pages ;  the  other  is  as  follows : 

77  The  origin  of  the  American  contest;  or  the  present  political 

state,  Sfc.  in  a  series  of  weekly  essays,  published  at  Boston 

under  the  signature  of  Massachusettensis,  a  native  of  New 

England.  ....  New  York. 

8vo. 

It  contains  about  one  half  of  the  essays  afterwards  printed  under  the  title  of 

Massachusettensis  (177G)  but  at  the  end  it  is  stated  that  tlie  continuation 

is  in  the  press. 


224  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1775.  78  Some  CANDID  SUGGESTIONS  towards  accommodation  of  differen- 
^^  ces  with  America.     Offered  to  consideration  of  the  public. 

8vo.  Cadell, . 

"  Tbe  author  of  these  suggestious  appears  to  be  actuated  by  good  motives, 
and  to  have  entertained  sentiments  partaking  of  moderation  and  candour. 
His  style  is  somewhat  peculiar,  from  a  singular  aversion  to  the  use  of  the 
particle  the. 

79  An   address   to   the   R.  H.  Lord    M — sf — d;    in  which   the 

measures  of  government  respecting  America  are  considered  in 
a  new  light;  with  a  view  to  his  Lordship's  interposition  there- 
in. .  .  .  .  Almon,  • . 

8vo. 
This  author  endeavours,  by  expatiating  on  the  grievous  nature  and  ruinous 
consequences  of  the  measures  adopted  with  regard  to  America,  to  persuade 
Lord  Mansfield  to  interpose  his  influence  in  favour  of  the  colonies. 

80  The  supremacy  of  the  British  legislature  over  the  colonies, 

candidly  dicussed      .  .  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  38. 
The  object  of  the  writer  of  this  pamphlet  is  to  prove  that  the  Americans  are 
subject  to  the  authority  of  Parliament,  by  the  first  principles  of  coloniza- 
tion ;  by  the  power  inherent  in  Parliament  over  all  the  British  territories, 
and  confirmed  by  the  submission  of  the  colonists  to  it;  by  the  long  usage 
and  custom  of  Parliament,  &c. 

81  A  SHORT  ADDRESS  to  the  govcmment,   the  merchants,  manu- 

facturers, and  the  colonists  in  America  and  the  sugar  islands, 
on  the  present  state  of  affairs.     By  a  member  of  Parliament. 

8vo.  Robinson, . 

This  member  of  Parliament  asks  *  are  the  colonies  a  part  of  the  British 
dominions,  or  are  they  not  ?  If  they  are,  then  are  they  subject  to  the  su- 
preme authority  of  Great  Britain:  and  was  there  ever  a  supreme  autho- 
rity in  the  world  without  the  power  of  taxation  ?' 

82  A  COMPLAINT  to  the  of  ,  against  a  pamphlet,  in- 

tituled, a  speech  intended  to  have  been  spoken  on  the  bill  for 
altering  the  charters   of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  White, . 

This  author  is  very  angry  with  the  benevolent  bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  against 
whose  speech  he  declaims  with  much  warmth  and  some  invective,  without 
however  offering  any  substantial  objections  to  it. 

83  The  speech  of  H.  G.  the  Duke  of  Manchester,  against  the  bill 

to  prohibit  all  intercourse  with  the  colonies. 
4to.  pp.  15.  Kearsly, . 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  225 

84  The  speech  of  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  on  moving  his  resolutions    1775. 

for  conciliation  with  the  colonies,  March  22,  1775.  >-^/w 

4to.  pp.  65.  Dodsley, . 

Mr.  Burke  says,  in  this  speech,  that  "  whatever  England  has  been  growing 
to  bj  a  progressive  increase  of  improvement,  brought  in  bj  varieties  of 
people,  by  succession  of  civilizing  conquest  and  civilizing  settlements,  in 
a  series  of  seventeen  hundred  years,  you  shall  see  as  much  added  to  her 
by  America  in  a  single  life  ! 

85  The  plea  of  the  colonies,  on  the  charges  brought  against  them 

by  Lord  M d,  and  others,  in  a  letter  to  his  lordship. 

8vo.  pp.  47.  Almon, . 

"Contains  some  spirited  animadversions  on  two  speeches  delivered  by  a 
celebrated  law  peer  (Lord  Mansfield,)  in  the  beginning  of  the  last  session 
of  Parliament."  M.  R. 

86  Authentic  PAPERS  from  America:  submitted  to  the  dispassion- 

ate consideration  of  the  public.  .  Becket, . 

8vo.  pp.  33. 
This  collection  contains  the  several  American  petitions  previous  to  the  re- 
peal of  the  stamp-act,  contrasted  with  tlie  petition  of  the  late  congress  to 
the  king,  and  their  address  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain. 

87  A  SERMON  on  the  present  situation  of  ^American  affairs,  preached 

in  Christ  church,  June  23,  1775.     At  the  request  of  the  offi- 
cers of  the  third  battalion  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia.     By 
William  Smith,  D.D.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  32. 

Reprinted  in  London. 

88  An   Englishman's  answer  to  the  address  from  the  delegates 

to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  in  a  letter  to  the  several  colo- 
nies, which  were  represented  in  the  late  continental  congress. 
8vo.  pp.  26.  New  Yo7'k. 

89  The  patriots  of  North  America;    a  sketch,  with  explanatory 

notes.         .....  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  48. 

*'  A  tory  here  reriles  the  whigs  in  verse.'' 

90  A  CANDID  examination  of  the  mutual  claims  of  Great  Britain 

and  the  colonies  ;  with  a  plan  of  accommodation,  on  constitu- 
tional principles.  .  .  .  New  York. 
8vo.  pp.  62. 
Said  to  be  written  by  Mr.  Galloway:  "and  we  have  otherwise  sufficient  au- 
thority not  only  to  ascribe  it  to  that  gentleman,  but  to  consider  it  as  the 
effect  of  illiberal  motives  and  unworthy  passions.     A  principal  object  of 


226  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

]'775  this  pamphlet  is  to  reprobate  the  proceedings  of  the  congress;  and  for 

^^^^^^  this  purpose  the  author  labors  to  maintain  the  unlimited  supremacy  of 

Parliament  over  all  the  dominions  of  the  crown,  by  arguments  which  hav  e 
been  often  alleged,  and  sufficiently  answered."  M.  R. 

91  Thoughts  on  the  present  contest  between  Administration  and 

the  British  colonies  in  America;  addressed  to  the  merchants 
of  the  city  of  London,  and  all  the  sea-ports,  trading  and 
manufacturing  towns,  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

8vo.  Browne, . 

"This  writer  is  a  warm  advocate  for  the  people  of  America,  but  (ew  of  his 
thoughts  are  new  and  peculiar  to  himself."  M.  R. 

92  A  LETTER  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  in  answer  to  that 

published  by  the  American  congress.  Newbery, . 

8vo.  pp.  59. 
'•  This  letter-writer  was  it  seems  determined,  fat  aut  nefas,  to   controvert 
every  allegation  of  the  congress,  in  their  letter  to  the  people  of  Great 
Britain ;    and  in  doing  this,  we  think  we  often  see  him  offending  against 
the  truth." 

93*  Considerations  on  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  legislative 
authority  of  the  British  parliament. 
8vo.  London  • 

This  pamphlet,  attributed  by  Dean  Tucker,  in  his  Tract  V.to  Dr.  Franklin, 
was  written  by  Dr.  Witherspoon.     See  M.R.  lii.  p.  175. 

94  CoNsiDERAiiONS   ON  THIS   QUESTION,   "  What  should  be    an 

honest  Englishman's  endeavour  in  the   present  controversy 

between  Great  Britain  and  the  colonies?" 

Bvo.  Wilkie, . 

See  M.R.  lii.,  p.  175. 

95  A  SECOND  APPEAL  to  the  justice  and  interests  of  the  people,  on 

the  measures  respecting  America.     By  the  author  of  the  first. 

Bvo.  pp.  90.  Almon, . 

The  "  Ap'peal  to  the  justice,' '  &c.  was  first  printed  in  1T74;  and  a /ourt/i 
edition  was  printed  in  1776. 

96  Letters  on  the  colonies.        By  Edward  Long,  esq. 

8vo.  London. 

Nichols'  Lit.  Anec.  iii.,  p.  182. 

97  The  evidence  delivered  on  the  petition  presented  by  the  West 

India  planters  and  merchants  to  the  Hon.  House  of  Commons, 
as  it  was  introduced  at  the  bar  and  summed  up  by  Mr.  Glover. 
8vo.  pp.  95.  (London.) 

Without  date,  place,  &c.      The  petition  was  presented  Feb.  2,  1775. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  \ovu.  227 

98  Remarks  ON  THE  PATRIOT.       InclncJing- some  hints  respecting   1775. 

the  Americans ;    with  an  address  to    the    elector's  of  Great     ^^ 

Britain.  .  .  .  Richardson, . 

8vo.  pp.  46. 

The  Patriot,  addressed  to  the  electors  of  Great  Britain  ;  a  sixpenuy  pamphlet, 
published  the  preceding  year,  written  by  Dr.  Johnson. 

99  A  FEW  REMARKS  upon  some  of  the  votes  and  resolutions  of  the 

continental  congress,  held  at  Philadelphia  in  September,  and 
the  provincial  congress,  held  at  Cambridge  in  November,  1774. 
Svo.  London? 

In  the  British  Museum. 

100  Three  letters  to  a  member  of  Parliament,  on  the  subject  of 
the  present  dispute  with  our' American  colonies. 

Svo.  Lowndes, . 

"  These  letters  are  written  in  support  of  an  opinion  '  that  the  plea  set  up 
in  justification  of  our  violent  proceedings  against  our  American  brethren 
cannot  be  defended  on  constitutional  ground, '  and  in  refutation  of  the 
arguments  used  by  the  author  of  a  pamphlet  called  The  interest  of  the 
merchants  and  manufacturers,  ^c'     No.  45  of  1774. 

101  A  LETTER  to  the  R.  H.  Lord  M d,  on  the  affairs  of  Ame- 
rica; from  a  Member  of  Parliament.        .  Almon, . 

Svo. 

102  A  PLAN  for  conciliating  the  jarring  political  interests  of  Great 
Britain  and  her  North  American  colonies,  &c. 

Svo.  Ridley, 

"The  author  declares  '  that  he  has  not  communicated  his  plan  to  any  minis- 
terial or  antirainisterial  man,  nor  to  any  person  connected  with  the  peo- 
ple of  North  America  or  the  West  Indies  ;'  and,  had  he  never  commu- 
nicated it  to  the  public,  no  loss  would  have  been  sustained,  as  it  contains 
nothing  that  is  likely  ever  to  be  adopted.''  M.  R. 

103  Traite  de  LA  LOi  DES  FIEFS  qui  a  toujours  ete  suivie  en 
Canada  depuis  son  etablissement,  tiree  de  celle  conteniie  en  la 
Coutume  de  la  Prevote  et  Vicomte  de  Paris,  k  laquelle  les 
fiefs  et  seigneuries  de  cette  province  sont  assujettis,  en  vertu 
de  leurs  titres  primitifs  de  concession,  &c.  Traite  utile  k  tons 
les  seigneurs  de  cette  province,  tant  nouveaux  qu'anciens 
sujets,  aux  Juges  et  au  Receveur  general  des  droits  de  sa  Ma- 
jeste.  Par  Francois  Joseph  Cugnet,  ecuier,  seigneur  de  St. 
Etienne,  &c.  ....  Quebec. 

Small  4to.  pp.  71. 


228  Bibliotheca  Americava  Nova. 

1775.   104  TRATxi  de  la  police  qui  a  toujours  ete  suivie  en  Canada, 

^•*'  aujourdhui   province  de    Quebec,   depuis  son    etablissement 

jusqu'a  la  conquete,  &c.     Par  Fian9ois  Joseph  Cugnet,  &c. 

Small  4to.  pp.  188.  Quebec. 

105  EXTRAITS    DES  EDITS,    DECLARATIONS,    ORDONXANCES  ET   RE- 

GLEMENS,  de  sa  majeste  tres  chretienne,  &c.     Faisans  partie 
de  la  legislature  en  force  en  la  colonic  du  Canada,  aujourd- 
hui  province  de  Quebec.       Tires  des  regitres  du  conseil  su- 
perieure  et  de  ceux  d'intendance.     Par  F.  J.  Cugnet,  &c. 
Small  4to.  pp.  106.  Quebec. 

I  have  a  copy  of  each  of  these  three  tracts  bound  up  in  a  volume,  which 
formerly  belonged  to  Francis  Maseres;  and,  characteristically  of  him,  has 
Craig's  Methodiufigurarum  bound  up  with  them.  I  can  find  no  notice  of 
Cugnet,  or  of  these  tracts,  in  any  work  within  my  reach.  The  printer's 
name  was  William  Brown,  and  they  are  probably  some  of  the  earliest 
specimens  of  the  press  in  Canada. 

106  HiSToiRE  DES  AvENTURiERS  Flibustiers,  qui  se  sont  signales 
dans  les  Indes  ;  contenant  ce  qu'ils  y  ont  fait  de  remarquable, 
avec  la  vie,  les  moeurs  &  les  coutumes  des  boucaniers,  &  des  ha- 
bitans  de  St.  Domingue,  &  de  la  Tortue ;  une  description  exacte 
de  ces  lieux,  &  un  etat  des  offices,  tant  ecclesiastiques  que 
seculiers,  &  ce  que  les  grands  princes  de  I'Europe  y  posse- 
dent.  Par  Alexandre  Olivier  Oexmelin.  Nouvelle  edition, 
corrigee  &  augmentee  de  I'histoire  des  pirates  Anglois,  depuis 
leur  etablissement  dans  I'lsle  de  Providence  jusqu'  a  present. 

12mo.  4  vols,  maps  and  places.  Trevoux. 

This  history  of  the  buccaneers  was  first  printed  at  Amsterdam,  in  Dutch, 
in  1678,  and  said  to  be  written  by  John  Esquemeting.  It  was  translated 
into  Spanish,  from  Spanish  into  English,  and  from  English  into  French, 
In  the  latter  translation  the  author's  name  appears  to  have  been  changed 
M.  Eyries,  in  the  Biographie  Universelle,  says  that  the  French  translation 
first  printed  in  1686,  was  published  from  the  mss.  of  the  author  by 
Frontigni6res  ;  who,  he  says,  printed  the  work  as  if  translated  from  the 
English,  which  no  doubt  was  the  case ;  but  M.  Eyries  appears  to  have 
been  ignorant  of  the  existence  of  any  previous  edition,  in  any  Ian. 
guage. 

107  Analyse   de    l'histoire    philosophique   et   politique  des 
etablissements  &  du  commerce  des  Europeens  dans  les  deux 
Indes.  .....  Leyde 

8vo.  pp.  245. 
Quernrd  attributes  a  work  with  a  similar  title,  printed  at  Paris,  in  the  same 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  229 

year,  to  Fr.  Bernard,  a  Dutchman.     This  is,  probably,  another  edition    I775 
of  the  same. 

108  HrsTOiRE  DEs  PLANTES  de  la  Guiane  Fran9oise,  rangees 
suivant  la  methode  sexuelle,  avec  plusieurs  memoires  sur 
difFerens  objets  interessans,  relatifs  k  la  culture  &  au  com- 
merce de  la  Guiane  Fran^oise,  &  une  notice  des  plantes  de 
risle  de  France.  Ouvrage  ornee  de  pres  de  400  planches  en 
taille  douce,  &c.     Par  M.  Fusee  Aublet.       Londres  {Paris.) 

4to.  4  vol.  392  plates. 
About  800  plants  are  described  in  this  work,  more  than  half  of  thom  being 
entirely  new.  Aublet  gave  the  uncouth  Indian  names  of  the  plants  to 
his  new  genera,  which  have  been  adopted  by  most  of  the  French 
botanists  ;  but  Schreber  and  others  have  very  properly  replaced  them  by 
others,  better  adapted  to  the  Linnxan  nomenclature. 

109  Gazophylacium  Regium  Perukicum.  Opus  sane  pulcrum, 
a  plerisque  petitum  &  ab  omnibus,  in  universum,  desideratum 
non  sine  magno  labore  &  experientia  digestum,  provid^que, 
&  accurate  illustratum.  In  quo  omnes  materise  spectantes 
ad  administrationem  calculationem,  &  conservationem  jurium 
regalium  regni  Peruani  latisslme  discutiuntur  &  plena  manu 
pertractantur.  Editum  a  D.  Gaspare  de  Escalona  Aguero, 
&c.  .  .  .  .  .  Madrid. 

Folio. 
First  printed  in  1647,  and  reprinted  in  1675.    Only  the  first  part  of  the  first 
book  is  in  Latin,  the  remainder  of  the  work  being  in  Spanish. 

110  Dr.  Reg  10  Patron ATU  Indiarum.  Qusestiones  aliquae  de- 
sumptaj  et  disputatae,  in  alia  quinquaginta  capita  partita 
auctore  D.  Petro  Frasso,  jurisconsulto  turritano,  &c. 

Folio.  2  vol.  Madrid. 

First  printed  in  1677.     Considered  formerly  as  an  important  work  in   a 
Spanish- American  law  library. 


MDCCLXXVI. 

1  Additional  papers  concerning  the  province  of  Quebec;  being 
an  appendix  to  the  book  entitled  An  account  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  British  and  other  protcstant  inhabitants  of  the 
province  of  Quebec,  SfC.  (see  No.  42,  1775.)  London. 

8vo.  pj».  510. 


230  Bihliothecu  Arne  icana  Noun. 

■[nnQ,  By  Baron  Maseres,  at  the  time  attorney-general  for  Quebec  }  who  was  also 

the  author  of  the  following  work  : 

2  The  Canadian  freeholder:  a  dialogue,  shewing  the  senti- 
ments of  the  bulk  of  the  freeholders  of  Canada,  concerning 
the  late  Quebec  Act,  with  some  remarks  on  the  Boston-charter 
Act ;  and  an  attempt  to  shew  the  great  expediency  of  imme- 
diately repealing  both  those  Acts  of  Parliament,  as  a  ground 
for  a  reconciliation  with  the  united  colonies  in  America. 

8vo.  pp.  483.  London. 

A  second  and  third  volume  were  printed  in  1T79. 

3  An  account  of  the  work  of  God  in  Newfoundland,  North 
America.  In  a  series  of  letters.  To  which  are  prefixed,  a  few 
choice  experiences ;  some  of  which  were  taken  from  the  lips 
of  persons  who  died  triumphantly  in  the  faith.  By  the  Rev. 
L.  Coughlan.  ....  London. 

12mo.  pp.  192. 

4  An  account  of  the  weather  and  diseases  of  South  Carolina. 
By  Lionel  Chalmers,  M.D.  of  Charlestown,  South  Carolina. 

Svo.  2  vols.  London. 

This  work  is  highly  spoken  of  in  the  Monthly  Review. 

5  A  TOPOGRAPHICAL  DESCRIPTION  of  such  parts  of  North  America 
as  are  contained  in  the  (annexed)  map  of  the  middle  British 
colonies,  &c.  in  North  America.  By  T.  Pownall,  M.P. 
late  governor,  &c.  of  H.  M.'s  provinces  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  and  South  Carolina,  and  lieutenant  governor  of  New 
Jersey.  ....  Almon, . 

Folio,  pp.  68.  Map. 
This  is  a  republication  of  Evans's  map  and  analysis  (1755),  with  consider- 
able improvements  and  additions.  Gov.  Pownall  says  that  "  a  pirated 
copy  of  Evans's  map,  soon  after  it  came  to  England,  was,  in  a  most 
audacious  manner,  published  by  JefFerys,  and  falsely  sold  as  Evans's 
map  improved,  by  which  that  very  laborious  and  ingenious,  but  poor  man, 
was  deprived  of  the  benefit  of  his  work.  Owing  to  the  ignorance  of  the 
engraver  it  can  scarcely  be  called  a  copy,  and,  as  respects  the  face  of  the 
country,  might  as  well  be  a  map  of  the  face  of  the  moon.  The  same 
plate,  with  all  its  imperfections,  was  afterwards  used  by  Sayer,  in  his 
atlases." 

6  The  history  of  North  and  South  America,  containing  an 
account  of  the  first  discoveries  of  the  New  World,  &c.  To 
which  is  added,  an  impartial  inquiry  into  the  present  American 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  231 

disputes.  .....         London.    1776. 

12mo.  2  vols.  ^-^ 

Published  in  sixteen  numbers. 
7  The  American  military  pocket  atlas  :    being  an  approved 
collection  of  correct  maps,  both  general  and  particular,  of  the 
British  colonies,  especially  those  which  now  are  or  possibly 
may  be  the  theatre  of  war.  Taken  principally  from  the  actual 
surveys  and  judicious  observations  of  engineers  De  Brahm 
and  Romans;    Cook,  Jackson,  and  Collet;    Major  Holland, 
and    other   officers   employed    in    his    Majesty's  fleets   and 
armies.  .....  London. 

8vo. 

Contains  six  whole-sheet  maps,  folded  into  the  octavo  form. 

8  A  SECOND   VOYAGE  round  the  world,  in  the  years  1772,  73,  74, 

75.  By  James  Cook,  esq.  commander  of  his  Majesty's  bark 
the  Resolution.  Undertaken  by  order  of  the  King,  and  en- 
couraged by  a  parliamentary   grant  of  4000/.      Drawn  up 

from  authentic  papers.  .  .  Almon, . 

Quarto. 
A  surreptitious  account  of  Cook's  second  voyage,  abounding  in  errors,  and 
accounts  of  occurrences  which  never  took  place ;    many  of  which  are 
pointed  out  in  the  Monthly  Review,  on  the  authority  of  Captain  Cook 
himself. 

9  Journal  of  the  Resolution's  voyage  in  1772,  3,  4,  and  5,  on 

discovery  to  the  Southern  Hemisphere.  Also  a  journal  of  the 

Adventure's  voyage  in  1772,  3,  and  4.  With  an  account  of 

the  separation  of  the  two  ships,  &c.  A  chart  and  other 

cuts.  ....  Newbery, . 

8vo. 

Another  surreptitious  journal. 

10  *SuMMARY  OBSERVATIONS  AND  FACTS,  collcctcd  from  late  and 

authentic  accounts  of  Russian  and  other  navigators,  to  show 
the  practicability  and  good  prospect  of  success  in  enterprises 
to  discover  a  Northern  passage  for  vessels  by  sea,  between  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,  or  nearly  to  approach  the  North 
Pole;  for  which  the  offers  of  reward  are  renewed  by  a  late 
act  of  parliament.         ....  London. 

Quarto. 
According  to  Mousol,  the  author  was  a  Swiss  of  tlie  name  of  De  Val  Travers. 


232  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.    11   *A  CONCISE  NATURAL  HISTORY  of  East  and  West  Florida.    By 
>*vw  Bernard  Romans.  .  .  .  New  York. 

8vo. 

12  A  PHILOSOPHICAL    AND    POLITICAL  HISTORY   of    the    settle- 

ments and  trade  of   the  Europeans  in    the  East  and  West 

Indies.     Translated  from  the  French  of  the  Abbe  Raynal,  by 

J.  Justamend,  A.M.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  5  vols. 

'*  We  do  not  scruple  to  pronounce  the  work  in  its  English  dress  correct, 

elegant,  and  nervous."  M.R.      A  new  edition  was  printed  in  1783,  with 

the  additions  and  corrections  of  the  Genera  edition  of  1780. 

13  The  North  American  and  West  Indian  Gazetteer,  containing 

an  authentic  description  of  the  colonies  and  islands  in  that 
part  of  the  globe,  shewing  their  situation,  climate,  soil,  pro- 
duce and  trade,  with  their  former  and  present  condition,  &c. 
Illustrated  with  maps.  .  .  .  London. 

12mo. 

A  compilation  from  other  similar  works. 

14  Remarks  on  the  different  opinions  relative  to  the  American 

colonies.  .  .  .  Kearsly, . 

"  A  nothing."  M.R. 

15  Massachusettensis;  or,  a  series  of  letters  containing  a  faith- 

ful state  of  many  important  and  striking  facts,  which  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  present  troubles  in  the  province  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  &c.      By  a  person  of  honour  upon  the 

spot.         ....  Mathews, . 

8vo.  pp.  118. 
"  In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1774,  and  in  the  beginning  of  1775,  a  poli- 
tical controversy  was  begun  and  carried  on  in  the  Boston  newspapers, 
between  two  gentlemen  of  considerable  abilities,  under  the  signatures  of 
Novanglus  and  Massachusettensis.  The  letters  appertaining  to  the  latter  of 
these  signatures  (and  written  on  the  side  of  government,)  were  after- 
wards collected  and  published  in  a  pamphlet,  and  are  now  reprinted  from 
the  Boston  impression."  M.R.  The  author  of  Massachusettensis  was 
Jonathan  Sewall,  at  that  time  attorney-general  for  the  king,  of  the  pro- 
vince of  Massachusetts.  This,  and  the  essays  of  Novanglus,  (written  by 
John  Adams,  afterwards  president  of  the  United  States,)  were  reprinted, 
with  a  preface  and  a  number  of  letters,  by  President  Adams,  in  Boston, 
in  1819. 

16  Observations  on  the  nature  of  civil  liberty,  the  principles  of 

government,    and  the   justice  and  policy  of  the  war  with 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  233 

America.    To  which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing  a  state    1776. 
of  the  national  debt,  an  estimate  of  the  money  drawn  from    "^-^ 
the  public  by  the  taxes,  and  an  account  of  the  national  in- 
come and  expenditure  since  the  last  war.     By  Richard  Price, 

D.D.,  F.R.S.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  128. 
"The  author  of  these  observations  must  be  ranked  among  the  most  respect- 
able writers  on  the  affairs  of  America.  He  does  not  attempt  to  engage 
our  attention  by  the  specious  and  flaming  declamation  of  a  party  zealot, 
or  the  factious  invective  and  rant  of  modern  patriotism.  In  him  we  see 
the  warm  pleader  united  with  the  sound  reasoner,  the  intelligent  politi- 
cian, and  (above  all)  the  independent  man,  the  uninfluenced  friend  of 
his  country."  M.R. 

17  A  LETTER  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Price  on  his   Observations  on  the 

nature  of  civil  liberty,  Sfc.  .  Evans, . 

8vo. 

18  Remarks  on  Dr.  Price's  Observations,  Sfc. 

8vo.  Kearsley,  . 

19  The  honour  of  parliament  and  the  justice  of  the  nation  vin- 

dicated.    In  a  reply  to  Dr.  Price's  Observations,  SfC. 
8vo.  London. 

This  defender  of  the  honour  of  parliament  exclaims  without  mercy  against 
the  Americans,  as  rebels,  parricides,  traitors,  8fc.  and  is  not  a  little  sarcas- 
tic on  Dr.  Price's  profession  as  a  preacher  among  the  dissenters. 

20  Obedience  the  best  charter,  or  law  the  only  sanction  of  liberty. 

In  a  letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Price.  Richardson, . 

8vo.  pp.  103. 
The  writer  of  this  pamphlet  represents  Dr.  Price  as  a  mere  factious  dema- 
gogue, or,  what  is  worse,  as  the  tool  and  dupe  of  others  more  factious  and 
more  designing  than  himself.  He  represents  the  Americans  as  the  most 
worthless  of  mankind,  as  wretches  in  whose  breasts  the  blackest  treason 
rankles,  while  devotion  shades  their  faces,  and  rebellion  fumes  in  their 
hearts ! 

21  Cursory  observations  upon  Dr.  Price's  essay  on  civil  liberty, 

particularly  relating  to  specie  and  paper  currency;  by  which 
several  of  his  positions  are  proved  erroneous,  and  most  of  his 
deductions  utterly  fallacious.  Published  with  a  view  to  re- 
move the  prejudices  which  might  affect  the  minds  of  unin- 
formed readers,  from  a  too  ready  assent  to  his  doctrine. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Carnan, . 


234  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  22  Cursory  remarks  on  Dr.  Price's  Observations  on  the  nature 

of  civil  liberty.  .  .  .  NicoU, . 

8vo. 

23  Remarks  on  a  pamphlet  lately  published  by  Dr.  Price,  inti- 
tuled Observations  on  civil  liberty,  SfC.  Cad  ell, . 

8vo.  pp.  61. 
These  remarks  have  been  ascribed  to  Dr.  Ferguson.     They  are  written 
with  less  invective,  and  more  decency,  candour,  and  moderation,   than 
have  lately  appeared  in  the  productions  on  that  side  of  the  American 
dispute. 

24  Experience  preferable  to  theory.     An  answer  to  Dr.  Price's 

Observations,  SfC.  .  .  Payne, . 

8vo.  pp.  102. 

One  of  the  best  and  most  decent  answers  to  Dr.  Price. 

25  Civil  liberty  asserted,  and  the  rights  of  the  subject  de- 
fended, against  the  anarchial  principles  of  Dr.  Price.  By 
a  friend  to  the  rights  of  the  constitution.         Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

Replete  with  dogmatical  assertions  and  slanderous  invectives. 

26  A  LETTER  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Price.  By  the  author  of  the  De- 
fence of  the  American  congress,  in  reply  to  Taxation  no 
Tyranny.  .  .  .  William, . 

8vo.  pp.  31. 
"The  spirited  writer  of  this  letter,  (probably  Mr.  N— — e,)  applauds  Dr. 
Price's  late  publication,  but  dissents  from  that  part  of  it  where,  treating 
of  the  colonists,  the  doctor  says,  'they  are  not  our  subjects,  but  our 
fellow-subjects.'  It  appears  to  him,  he  says,  that  they  are  '  neither  the 
one  nor  the  other,'  and  his  reasoning  on  this  point  is  worthy  of  atten- 
tion." M.R. 

27  A  LETTER  to  the  Reverend  Dr.  Price,  wherein  his  Observa- 
tions, &c.  are  candidly  examined.  .         Bew, . 

8vo.  pp.  54. 

Apparently  by  the  same  author  as  the  following : 

28  The  total  refutation  and  political  overthrow  of  Doctor 
Price;  or  Great  Britain  successfully  vindicated  against  all 
American  rebels,  and  their  advocates.  In  a  second  letter  to 
that  gentleman.     By  James  Stewart.        .  Bew, . 

Svo.  pp.  88. 

Mr.  Stewart's  stvle  is  not  very  polite  ;  but  he  is  more  shrewd  in  his  argu- 
ments than  many  of  the  doctor's  numerous  antagonists.  He  attempts  to 
ridicule,  but  is  only  rttde.   Some  of  his  remarks,  however,  merit  attention. 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  235 

29  The  duty  of  the  king  and  subject,  on  the  principles  of  civil    1776. 

liberty ;    colonists  not  entitled  to  self-government,  or  to  the     ^z** 
same  privileges  with  Britons :    being  an  answer  to  Dr.  Price's 
system  of  Fanatical  liberty.     By  the  author  of  the  Political 

Looking-glass.  .  .  .  Dixwell, . 

8vo. 

30  Three  letters  to  Dr.  Price,  containing  remarks  on   his  Ob- 

servations, &c.       By  a  member  of  Lincoln's   Inn,  F.R.S., 

F.S.A Payne, . 

8vo.  pp.  163. 
These  letters  are  probably  the  work  of  Mr.  L(in)(i,  the  reputed  author  of 
Remarks  on  the  principal  acts  of  the  last  Parliament.     They  discover  great 
ability  in  the  writer,  though  it  does  not  seem  to  be  always  rightly  or 
successfully  employed. 

31  Observations  on  the  nature  of  civil  liberty,  and  the  principles 

of  government.      By   Rich.   Hey,  M.A.,   Fellow  of  Sidney 
Sussex    College,    Cambridge,   and  barrister  at  law  of    the 

Middle  Temple.  .  .  .         Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  70. 
Mr.  Hey's  observations  are  generally  delivered  in  the  candid  liberal  style 
of  a  gentleman,  and  many  of  them  deserve  particular  attention. 

32  Licentiousness  unmasked  ;  or  liberty  explained. 

Svo.  Bew, . 

••  Of  all  the  numerous  answers  which  have  appeared  to  Dr.  Price's  late 
publication,  this  seems  to  be  the  most  unconnected,  superficial,  and  un- 
worthy." M.R. 

33  Some  observations  on  liberty.     Occasioned  by  a  late  tract. 

By  John  Wesley.  .  .  Foundry,  &c. . 

12  mo. 

Another  answer  to  Dr.  Price. 

34  Observations  on   Dr.    Price's  theory  and  principles  of  civil 

liberty  and  government;    preceded  by  a  letter  to  a  friend,  on 
the  pretensions  of  the  American  colonies  in  respect  of  right 
and  equity.         .....  York. 

Svo.  pp.  147. 
Ascribed  to  Henry  Goodrich,  esq.  who  treats  his  opponent  in  a  candid, 
liberal,  and  dispassionate  manner. 

35  An  ESSAYon  the  origin,  progress,  and  establishment  of  national 

society;    in  which  the  principles  of  government,  &c.  con- 
tained in   Dr.  Price's  Observations,  &c.  are  fairly  examined 


236  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  and  refuted.     By  J.  Shebbeare,  M.D.  Bew, . 

''^         8vo.  pp.  212. 

"  This  performance  of  Dr.  Shebbeare  contains  many  tenets  repugnant  to 
the  principles  of  all  free  governments  ;  reasoning,  often  founded  on  mis- 
representations and  untruths ;  language,  frequently  intemperate,  foul,  aud 
opprobrious ;  and  humour,  often  coarse,  low,  and  indelicate."  M.R. 

36  A  LETTER  from  an  officer  retired,  to  his  son  in  Parliament. 
8vo.  pp.  38.  Cadell, . 

"  This  officer  exhorts  bis  son  to  use  his  utmost  endeavours  in  support  of 
vigorous  measures  against  the  Americans.  He  may  have  been  an  excel- 
lent officer,  but  he  is  a  very  moderate  politician."  M.R. 

37  Considerations  on  the  American  war.      Addressed   to  the 

people  of  England.  .  .  Becket,  . 

8vo.  pp.  60. 
"The  industrious,  enterprising,  and  useful  men,  who  first  planted  and 
settled  in  our  American  colonies  are  described  by  this  author,  '  as  men 
whose  flagitious  crimes  had  rendered  them  objects  of  public  punishment, 
or  whose  turbulent  and  refractory  dispositions  made  them  enemies  to 
every  established  government.'  " 

38  A  PLAN  OF  RECONCILIATION  between  Great  Britain  and  her 

colonies,  founded  in  justice  and  constitutional  security  ;  by 
which  the  rights  of  Englishmen,  in  matters  of  taxation,  are 
preserved  to  the  inhabitants  of  America,  and  the  islands  be- 
yond the  Atlantic.     By  the  author  of  The  historical  essay  on 

the  English  constitution.  .  Johnson, . 

8vo. 

39  The  rights  of  Great  Britain   asserted  against  the  claims 

of  America;  being  an  answer  to  the  declaration  of  the  general 

congress.         ....  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  92. 
"This  celebrated  performance  is  said  to  have  been  written,  printed,  aud 
liberally  distributed,  both  in  Great  Britain  and  America,  at  the  instance 
and  expense  of  government ;  but  whether  this  be  true  or  not,  the  work 
itself,  we  are  afraid,  will  answer  no  other  purpose  than  to  exasperate  the 
people  of  Great  Britain  against  their  brethren  of  America,  and,  by  in- 
flaming misrepresentations  and  invectives,  aggravate  the  evils  of  our  pre- 
sent civil  discord."  M.R.  I  have  a  copy  of  the  eighth  edition  (printed 
in  the  same  year  ;)  To  which  is  now  added,  a  refutation  of  Dr.  Price's  state 
of  the  national  debt ;  which  belonged  to  Sir  James  Macintosh,  who 
has  written  ou  the  fly-leaf,  "  now  owned  to  be  by  Sir  John  Dalrymple." 

40  Shall  I  go  to  war  with  my  American  brethren?    A  discourse 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  237 

addressed  to  all  concerned  in  determining  that  important    1776. 
question.     First  published  at  London,   1769.     To  which  are 
now  added,  a  preface  and  appendix.   By  John  Erskine,  D.D. 
one  of  the  ministers  of  Edinburgh.  .  Edinburgh. 

12mo. 

41  The  equity  and  wisdom  of  administration,  in  measures  that 

have   unhappily  occasioned  the  American  revolt,  tried  by  the 
sacred  oracle.  ....  Edinburgh. 

12mo. 
"Administration  found  guilty  and  condemned.     This  is,  possibly,  another 
production  of  the  sensible  and  dispassionate  author  of  the  foregoing  dis- 
course.    But  this  is  merely  our  conjecture."  M.  R. 

42  Reflections  on  the  rise,  progress,  and  probable  consequences 

of  the  present  contentions  with  the  colonies.    By  a  freeholder. 

Edinburgh. 
In  this  pamphlet,  also  attributed  to  Dr.  Erskine,  the  author  has  drawn  to- 
gether, in  a  summary  way,  from  a  variety  of  publications,  &c.  a  fair  state 
of  the  sentiments  of  the  colonists,  in  order  to  shew  their  manner  of  plead- 
ing their  own  cause,  and  the  regard  due  to  some  of  their  pleas. 

43  Some  observations  on  a  pamphlet  lately  published,  entitled 

The  rights  of  Great  Britain  asserted,  Sfc.     By  the  author 
of  the  Answer  to  Dr.  Shebbeare  and  Dr.  Johnson. 
8vo.  pp.  44.  Donaldson,  . 

Dr.  Hugh  Baillie,  late  judge  of  the  Admiralty  court  in  Ireland,  the  author 
of  this  pamphlet,  in  reply  to  that  of  Sir  John  Dalrymple,  "  is  not  an 
elegant  or  a  correct  writer,  but  he  appears  to  be  a  well-meaning  one, 
equally  zealous  for  the  honour  and  welfare  of  Great  Britain,  on  the  one 
hand,  and  for  the  rights  of  the  colonies,  on  the  other.  In  politics,  he  is  a 
true  whig  of  the  old  revolutionary  stamp." 

44  A  further  examination  of  our  American  measures,  and  of 

the  reasons  and  principles  on  which  they  are  founded.     By 

the  author  of  Considerations  on  the  measures  carrying  on  with 

respect  to  the  British  colonies  in  North  America.  Bath. 

8vo.  pp.  256. 

"  Generally  received    and    acknowledged  as  the  work    of    Mr.    M — w 

R— b — ns — n.     His  former  production  (36  of  1774)  justly  obtained  the 

applause  of  the  public  ;  the  present  is  not  less  meritorious."  M.H. 

45  The  critical  moment,  on  which  the  salvation  or  destruction 

of  the  British  empire  depends.    Containing  the  rise,  progress, 
present  state,  and  natural  consequences  of  our  American  dis- 


238  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  putes.     By  Janus.     .  .  .  Setchell, . 

8vo.  pp.  121. 
"  This  author  shews  a  more  comprehensive  knowledge  of  his  subject  than 
is  common  to  the  pamphleteers  of  the  times.  He  appears  to  be  particu- 
larly well  informed  of  the  present  state  and  circumstances  of  America, 
and  of  the  true  grounds  on  which  our  fellow  subjects  in  that  quarter  of 
the  globe  have  taken  arms  against  us.  His  zeal  for  the  colonies,  and  the 
acrimony  with  which  he  speaks  of  the  administration  at  home,  lead  to  the 
suspicion  that  he  is  a  native  of  America."  M.R. 

46  Seasonable  advice  to  the  members  of  the  British  Parliament 
concerning  concil  iatory  measures  with  America,  and  an  act 
of  perpetual  insolvency,  &c.  •  Bew, . 

Svo. 
"This  writer  warmlj  and  fluently  declaims  in  favour  of  the  colonists  and  of 
confined  debtors."  M.R. 

47  Common  sense;  addressed  to  the  inhabitants  of  America,  on 
the  following  interesting  subjects,  i.  Of  the  origin  and  de- 
sign of  government  in  general,  with  concise  remarks  on  the 
English  constitution.  ii.  Of  monarchy  and  hereditary  suc- 
cession. III.  Thoughts  on  the  present  state  of  American 
affairs,  iv.  Of  the  present  ability  of  America,  with  some 
miscellaneous  reflections.  A  new  edition,  with  several  ad- 
ditions in  the  body  of  the  work.  To  which  is  added,  an 
appendix,  together  with  an  address  to  the  people  called 
Quakers.  ....  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 
Reprinted  in  London.  The  celebrated  production  of  the  celebrated  Tom 
Paine:  written  for  the  purpose  of  disposing  the  colonists  to  renounce  the 
king's  sovereigntj^  and  assume  the  form  and  the  rights  of  a  distinct  inde- 
pendent state.  "  The  American  editions  of  this  pamphlet  contain,  in 
different  parts,  such  reflections  on  the  king  and  government  of  Great  Bri- 
tain, as  could  not  have  been  printed  here  without  considerable  hazard ; 
and  therefore,  in  Mr.  Almon's  impression,  frequent  chasms  occur ;  some 
of  these  are  short,  and  the  words  omitted  so  obvious,  that  the  defects 
may  be  easily  supplied  ;  but  with  others  it  will  be  found  impossible, 
without  other  assistance,  to  conjecture  the  meaning  of  the  deficient  pas* 
sages."  M.R. 

48  Additions  to  Common  Sense,  addressed  to  the  inhabitants  of 
America.         ....  Almon, . 

Svo.  pp.  47. 
A  compilation  from  the  American  newspapers,  of  essays  in  support  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  239 

arguments  and  conclusions  of  the  celebrated  pamphlet  called   Common     1776. 
Sense.     Stated  on  the  title  to  have  been  first  printed  in  Philadelpliia. 

49  The  true  merits  of  a  late  treatise  printed  in  America,  entitled 

Common  Sense,  clearly  pointed  out.    By  a  late  member  of  the 

continental  congress.  .  .  Nicoll,  — • . 

8vo. 
Supposed  to  have  been  written  in  South  Carolina,  but  the  author  was  no 
friend  to  American  independence. 

50  Plain  truth:    addressed  to  the  inhabitants  of  America,  con- 

taining remarks  on  a  late  pamphlet  entitled  Common  Serise : 
wherein  are  shewn,  that  the  scheme  of  independence  is  ruin- 
ous, delusive  and  impracticable;  that  were  the  author's  asse- 
verations respecting  the  power  of  America  as  real  as  nuga- 
tory, reconciliation  on  liberal  principles  with  Great  Britain 
would  be  exalted  policy;  and  that,  circumstanced  as  we  are, 
permanent  liberty  and  true  happiness  can  only  be  obtained  by 
reconciliation  with  that  kingdom.  Written  by  Candidus. 
8vo.  Philadelphia. 

Reprinted  in  London,  and  joined  by  Mr.  Almon  with  the  foregoing,  (No. 
47.)  perhaps  from  prudential  motives.  "  It  is  written  with  such  outra- 
geous zeal,  and  contains  so  many  scurrilous  reflections  against  the  author 
of  Common  Sense  and  the  supposed  favourers  of  independency,  that  we 
may  safely  conclude,  from  its  having  been  printed  in  Philadelphia,  that  the 
congress  either  do  not  aim  at  a  separation  from  this  country,  or  that  their 
government  is  not  of  the  tyrannical  nature  which  some  have  chosen  to 
represent  it."  M.  R.  Dr.  Parr  says  that  this  tract  produced  a  wonderful 
effect  throughout  America  and  England. 

51  The  constitutional  advocate;    by  which,  from  the  evidence 

of  history,  and  of  records,  and  from  the  principles  of  British 
government,  every  reader  may  form  his  own  judgment  con- 
cerning the  justice  and  policy  of  the  present  war  with  America. 

Addressed  to  the  people  at  large,  &c.  Flexney, . 

8vo.  pp.  47. 
Several  ancient  charters,  statutes,  and  law  authorities,  are  here  enlisted  in 
defence  of  the  colonies,  and  accompanied  with  some  good  arguments  and 
just  conclusions. 

52  Reflections  on  the  present  state  of  the  American  war. 
8vo.  pp.  30.  Payne, . 

53  An  answer  to  the  declaration  of  the  American  congress.     The 

fifth  edition.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

Svo.  pp.  132. 


240  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  54  An  enquiry  whether  the  guilt  of  the  present  civil  war  in  Ame- 
^-^  rica  ought  to  be  imputed  to  Great  Britain  or  America. 

8vo.  pp.  73.  Donaldson, . 

Throws  the  whole  blame  and  guilt  of  the  American  war  on  the  colonists, 
whom  the  author  charges  with  the  most  notorious  follj,  wickedness,  and 
ingratitude.     The  writer's  name  is  John  Roebuck,  m.d. 

55  An  address  to  the   people  of  Great  Britain  in  general,  the 

members  of  Parliament,  and  the  leading  gentlemen  of  oppo- 
sition, in  particular,  on  the  present  crisis  of  American  politics. 
8vo.  pp.  79.  /  ristol. 

This  writer  professes  to  have  substituted  persuasion  for  argument,  and 
gentle  reproof  for  bitter  invective:  the  Americans,  however,  will  think 
him  bitter  enough.  He  reasons,  nevertheless,  well  on  some  points,  and 
throws  out  manj  sensible  remarks. 

56  A  LETTER  to  the  noblemen,  gentlemen,  &c.  who  have  addressed 

his  Majesty  on  the  subject  of  the  American  rebellion. 

8vo.  pp.  37.  Cadell, . 

Whatever  may  be  thought  of  his  reasoning  by  those  who  entertain  contrary 
sentiments,  the  style  of  this  writer  proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  abilities. 

57  The  plain  question  upon  the  present  dispute  with  our  Ame- 

rican colonies.  .  .  .  Wilkie,  — . 

12mo,  2d. 
"One  great  purpose  of  this  little  ministerial  handbill,  is  to  prove  that  there 
is  nothing  new  or  unprecedented  in  the  exercise  of  parliamentary  autho- 
rity over  the  colonies.     The  writer,  however,  appears  to  have  been  very 
ignorant  of  the  subject,  and  very  badly  instructed  by  his  employers."  M.R. 

58  De   tu  multibus   American  is,   deque   eorum    concitatoribus 

meditatio  senilis.  ....  Oxon. 

8vo.  pp.  36. 
"  A  pompous  declamatory  production,  occasioned  by  the  sarcastic  observations 
that  were  lately  made  in  a  great  assembly  on  the  conduct  of  the  univer- 
sity of  Oxford,  respecting  their  address  to  the  king.  The  author  extols 
the  university,  praises  the  ministry,  and  reviles  the  Americans,  but  with- 
out any  novelty  of  sentiment  or  ideas."  M.  R. 

59  The  honour  of  the  university  of  Oxford  defended  against  the 

illiberal  aspersions  of  E — d  B — e,  [Edmund  Burke,]  esq. 

8vo.  Kearsly, . 

"  A  translation  of  the  foregoing,  which  was  written  by  Dr.  B."  M.  R. 

60  A  short  appeal  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  upon  the  un- 

avoidable necessity  of  the  present  war  with  our  disaffected 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  241 

colonies.         ....  Kearsley, .   1776. 

12mo.    2d. 

"  Another  ministerial  hand-bill.*'     (See  No.  57.) 

61  Independency  the  object  of  the  congress  in  America;  or  an 

appeal  to  facts.      .  .  .  Rivington, . 

8vo.  pp.  70. 
*'  We  have  rarely  seen  a  performance  which  exhibits  more  unequivocal  marks 
of  passion,  prejudice,  and  antipathy,  than  the  present."  M.R. 

62  Familiar  dialogues  between   Americus  and  Britannicus,  in 

which  the  right  of  private  judgment,  the  exploded  doctrine 
of  infallibility,  passive  obedience,  and  non-resistance,  with  the 
leading  sentiments  of  Dr.  Price  on  the  nature  of  civil  liberty, 
&c.  are  particularly  considered.     By  John  Martin. 

8vo.  Wilkie, . 

These  dialogues  afibrd  scarcely  anything  worthy  of  attention.  Mr.  Martin 
must  have  known  little  respecting  America,  or  he  would  not  have  cen- 
sured the  colonists  for  considering  the  wild  Indiana  as  their  own  slaves ! 

63  Serjous   and  impartial    observations  on    the  blessings  of 

liberty  and  peace.     Addressed  to  persons  of  all  parties.     By 

a  clergyman  in  Leicestershire.  Rivington, . 

8vo. 
Apparently  the  work  of  a  well-dispoiied  religious  old  man;  but  his  observa- 
tions  are  generally  trite,  superficial,  and  unimportant. 

64  A   PROSPECT   of  the  consequences  of  the  present  conduct  of 

Great  Britain  towards  America.  .  Almon, . 

Bvo. 
The  author  of  this  publication  reasons  impartially  and  justly  on  the  civil 
rights  of  the  Americans;  and  reprobates  the  war  carrying  on  against  them 
as  being,  under  every  possible  event,  pregnant  with  injustice  and  ruin  on 
the  part  of  Great  Britain. 

65  Reflections  on  the  American  contest:    in  which  the  conse- 

quences of  a  forced  submission,  and  the  means  of  a  lasting 
reconciliation,  are  pointed  out.  Communicated  by  letter  to 
a  member  of  Parliament  some  time  since,  and  now  ad- 
dressed to  Edmund  Burke,  esq.     By  A.  M.  Bew, . 

Bvo.  pp.  50. 
"Said  to  have  been  written  in  the  year  1769,  soon  after  the  writer's  return 
from  America.  It  contains  many  candid,  pertinent,  and  just  reflections  on 
the  situation,  circumstances,    and  dispositions  of  the  colonists,  and  on 
the  consequences  of  attempting  to  govern  them  by  force.''  M.  R. 


'242  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  66  The  political  mirror,  by  a  student  of  the  Inner  Temple. 

"'^         8vo.  Becket, . 

"The  writer  declaims  vehemently,  and  reasons  badly."  M.R. 
67  A   DIALOGUE  on  the  principles  of  the  constitution  and  legal 
liberty,  compared  with  despotism;    applied  to  the  American 
question,  and  the  probable  events  of  the  war;  with  observations 

on  some  important  law  authorities.         .  Owen, . 

8vo.  pp.  92. 
"The  dialogue  is  judiciously  conducted,  and  exhibits  a  perspicuous,  sober, 
and  rational  defence  of  the  colonies.''  M.  R. 

08  A  LFTTER  to  the  R.  H.  the  Earl  of  Shelburne,  on  the  motives 
of  his  political  conduct,  and  the  principles  which  have  actuated 
ihe  opposition  to  the  measures  of  Administration,  in  respect  to 

America.  .  .  .  W.  Davis, . 

8vo.  pp.  28. 
The  author  abuses  not  only  Lord  Shelburne,  but  the  opposition  in  general, 
and  he  is  occasionally  most  illiberal  in  his  reflections  on  Dr.  Price  and 
the  presbyterians,  with  whom  he  seems  to  apprehend  that  Lord  Shelburne 
is  in  some  degree  associated. 

60  Reflections  on  the  most  most  proper  means  of  reducing  the 
rebels,  and  what  ought  to  be  the  consequence  of  our  success. 
By  an  officer  who  served  the  last  war  in  America. 
8vo.  Wilkie, . 

70  The  religious  harmonist,  or  a  recipe  for  the  cure  of  schism, 

the  fatal  source  of  our  American  disputes,  &c. 
12mo.  Bew, . 

71  A  letter  to  the  Rev.  Josiah  Tucker,  D.D.  Dean  of  Gloucester, 

in  Answer  to  his  humble  address  and  earnest  appeal,  &c. 
With  a  postscript,  in  which  the  present  war  with  America  is 
shewn  to  be  the  effect,  not  of  the  causes  assigned  by  him  and 
others,  but  of  a  fixed  plan  of  Administration,  founded  in 
system:  the  landed  opposed  to  the  commercial  interest  of  the 
state,  being  as  the  means  in  order  to  the  end.     By  Samuel 

Estwick,  L.  L. D.         .  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  125. 
Mr.  Estwick  is  an  acute  reasoner,  and  an  entertaining  writer ;  and  a  warm 
and  zealous  advocate  for  the  Americans. 

72  A  SERIES  OF  ANSWERS  to   certain   popular  objections  against 

separating  from  the  rebellious  colonies,  and  discarding  them 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  243 

entirely  ;  being  the  concluding  tract  of  the  Dean  of  Gloucester   1776. 

on  the  subject  of  American  affairs.  ,         Cadell, .     ^^^ 

8vo. 
The  Monthly  Review  (Jan.  1777)  is  warm  in  its  defence  of  Dr.  Franklin 
against  Dean  Tucker,  who  endeavours,  apparently  without  effect,  to  prove 
in  this  tract  some  former  aspersions  on  the  character  of  the  doctor. 

73  Minutes  of  the  trial  and  examination  of  certain  persons  in  the 

province  of  New  York  charged  with  having  been  engaged  in 
a  conspiracy  against  the  authority  of  the  congress,   and  the 

liberties  of  America.  .  Bew, . 

8vo. 
"If  this  account  be  authentic,  it  is  worthy  of  notice.  It  relates  the  par- 
ticulars which  came  out  on  the  examination  of  Mr.  Matthews,  late  mayor 
of  New  York,  and  other  persons  accused  of  a  conspiracy  against  the  con- 
gress, and  especially  against  Washington.  They  proposed,  it  seems,  to 
seize  and  carry  off  this  American  Samson,  by  the  help  of  his  Dalilah,  a 
Mrs.  Gibbons,  who  had  promised  them  her  assistance.  Matthews  was 
condemned  to  suffer  death,  but  congress  resolved  to  postpone  the  exe- 
cution of  the  sentence,  and  ordered  him  to  be  carried  into  Connecticut, 
there  to  be  kept  imprisoned  till  further  orders."  M.R.  March  1777. 

74  A  LETTER  to  Lord  George  Germaine.  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  38. 

This  writer  sets  forth  very  circumsiantjally  the  prodigious  numbers  and 
alarming  power  of  the.  United  colonists  by  sea  and  land,  and  enumerates 
the  unsurmountable  difficulties  that  will  impede  in  particular  the  opera- 
tions of  our  land  forces  in  every  province.  In  short,  that  it  will  be  im- 
possible for  us  to  succeed  in  the  attempt  of  forcing  the  Americans  to 
submission. 

75  Reflections  on  government,  with  respect  to  America;  lo  which 

is  added,  Carmen  Latinum. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Lewis, . 

These  reflections  are  favorable  to  the  colonists,  but  they  afford  nothing 
which,  in  the  present  advanced  stage  of  the  American  controversy,  de- 
mands particular  notice. 

76  Hypocrisy  unmasked;    or  a  short  inquiry  into  the  religious 

complaints  of  our  American  colonies.      To  which  is  added,  a 

word  on  the  laws  against  popery  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

12mo.  Nicol, . 

77  A  FULL  DEFENCE  of  the  Rcv.  Mr.  John  Wesley,  in  answer  to 

the  several  personal  reflections  cast  on  that  gentleman  by  the 
Rev.  Caleb  Evans,  in  his  observations  on    Mr.  Wesley's  late 


244  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.            Reply,  prefixed  to  his  Calm  address.        By  Thomas  Oliviers. 
*-"^  12mo.  Foundry, . 

78  A  VINDICATION  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wesley's  Calm  address  to  the 

American  colonies.        In  some  letters   to  Mr.  Caleb  Evans. 
By  John  Fletcher,  Vicar  of  Madeley,  Salop. 
12mo.  Hawes,  . 

79  A  REPLY  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fletcher's  vindication  of  Mr.  Wesley's 

Culm  address.     By  Caleb  Evans,  M..A.  .  Bristol. 

12mo.  pp.  103. 
"  Mr.  Evans  is  a  lively  and  sensible  advocate  for  the  freedom  of  the  colonies, 
a  spirited  controvertist,  and  a  zealous  asserter  of  those  liberal  and  noble 
principles  to  which  we  were  indebted  for  the  glorious  revolution,  &c." 

80  Political  empiricism;  a  letter  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Wesley. 
8vo.  pp.  32.  Johnson,  . 

"Attacks  the  author  of  the  Calm  address  for  borrowing  Sam.  Johnson's 
quarter-staff,  [Taxation  no  Tyranny.]  to  drub  the  Americans.  The  author's 
weapons  are  raillery  and  serious  expostulation.''  M.R. 

81  American  patriotism  farther  confronted  with  reason,  scripture, 

and  the  constitution:  being  observations  on  the  dangerous 
politics  taught  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Evans,  M.A.  and  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Price.  With  a  scriptural  plea  for  the  revolted  colonies. 
By  J.  Fletcher,  Vicar  of  Madeley,  Salop.  Shrewsbury. 

12mo.  pp.  130. 

82  Political  sophistry  detected;  or  brief  remarks  on  the  Rev. 

Mr.  Fletcher's  late  tract  entitled  American  Patriotism.     By 

Caleb  Evans,  M.  A.  Dilly, . 

12mo. 

83  Free  thoughts  on  the  American  contest. 

8vo.  pp.  59.  Edinburgh. 

This  writer,  under  the  signature  of  Ttmoleon,  takes  the  Government  side  of 
the  question,  and  concludes  with  some  severe  strictures  on  the  American 
pamphlet  entitled  Common  Sense,    Printed  for  private  distribution  only. 

84  A  LETTER  to  Lord  Chatham,  concerning  the  present  war  of 

Great  Britain  against  America;  reviewing,  candidly  and  im- 
partially, its  unhappy  cause  and  consequence ;  and  wherein 
the  doctrine  of  Sir  William  Blackstone,  as  explained  in  his 
Commentaries  on  the  Laws  of  England,  is  opposed  to  ministerial 
tyranny,  and  held  up  in  favour  of  America.      With  some 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  245 

thoughts  on   Government.      By  a   gentleman  of  the  Inner   1776. 

Temple.     ....  Kearsley, .     -^^ 

8vo. 
"  This  spirited  writer  is  warm  for  liberty,  and  for  the  claims  of  America,  as 
connected  with  what  he  apprehends  to  be  the  real  interest  of  this  country, 
as  well  as  with  the  common  rights  inseparable  from  the  very  idea  of  a  free 
community."  M.R.  Jan.  1777. 

85  Letters  on  the  American  troubles ;  translated  from  the  French 

of  Mr.  de  Pinto.         .  .  .  Boosey, . 

Svo. 

86  Substance  of  a  speech  in  Parliament,  upon  the  state  of  the 

nation,  and  the  present  civil  war  with  America ;  upon  Mon- 
day April  1,  1776.     By  David  Hartley,  esq. 
4to.  pp.24.  Almon, . 

87  An  oration  in  memory  of  General  Montgomery,  and  of  the 

officers  and  soldiers  who  fell  with  him,  Dec.  31,  1775,  before 
Quebec;    drawn  up  (and  delivered  Feb.  I9th,  1776,)  at  the 
desire  of  the  honourable  Continental  congress.     By  William 
Smith,  D.D.  Provost  of  the  college  and  academy  of  Phila- 
delphia. ....  Philadelphia. 
Svo.  pp.  36. 
Reprinted  in  London.    "  In  this  discourse  we  find  the  warm  effusions  of  a 
zeal  for  freedom  blended  with  historical  notes  and  anecdotes,  relative 
not  only  to  the  hero  who  is  here  celebrated  as  a  proto-martyr  to  the  rights 
of  America,  but  to  others  engaged  with  him  in  the  same  cause."  M.R. 

88  An  oration  delivered  at  the  state-house  in  Philadelphia,  to  a 

very  numerous  audience,  Aug.  1,  1776.     By  Samuel  Adams, 
member  of  the  general  congress  of  America. 

8vo.  pp.  42.  Johnson, . 

"  Mr,  Adams,  the  American  Cicero,  declaims  with  warmth  and  energy 
against  kingly  government  and  hereditary  succession.  There  are  pas- 
sages in  this  oration  which  would  have  done  honour  to  a  Roman  tribune, 
when  the  republican  spirit  of  that  mistress  of  the  world  was  at  its  great- 
est height.''  M.R. 

89  Journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  congress  held  at  Philadel- 

phia, May  10,  1775.     Published  by  order  of  the  congress. 
8vo.  London. 

Reprinted  from  the  edition  printed  in  Philadelphia. 

90  Journal  of  the  provincial  congress  of  South  Carolina,  1776. 


'24fi  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

I77().  Published  by  order  of  the  congress.         .         Almon, . 

^'-^         8vo.  pp.  134. 

First  printed  in  Charlestown,  S.C. 

91  Amehica  pois'd  in  the  balance  of  justice.      Ornamented 

with  an  elegiac  frontispiece,  and  a  reconciliatory  tail-piece. 
In  this  research,  the  present  dissention  between  the  mother 
country  and  her  colonies  is  considered  in  a  ncAv  light,  and 
supported  by  arguments  quite  different  from  those  held  forth 
by  the  parliamentary  speakers  and  polemical  writers  on  either 
side  of  the  question.  By  P — oplicola  H — istoricus. 
Quarto,  pp.  40.  Author, . 

92  Justification  de  la  resistance  des  colonies  Americaines. 
8vo.  pp.  30.  Leyden. 

A  sensible  advocate  for  the  colonies,  and  apparently  one  well  acquainted 
with  the  principal  objects  of  the  American  controversy. 

93  Lettre  de  Mr.  *****.  a  Mr.   S.  B.   Docteur  en  Medecine  ^ 

Kingston,  dans  la  Jama'ique,  au  snjet  des  troubles  qui  agitent 

actuellement  toute  I'Amerique  Septentrionale.         A  la  Haye. 

8vo.  pp.  29. 

The  first  letter  of  Mr.  de  Pinto  ;    which,  with  the  following,  was  translated 
into  English,  and  published  this  year. 

94  Seconde  lettre  de  M.  de  Pinto,  ^  I'occasion  des  troubles  des 

colonies,  contenant  des  reflexions  politiques  sur  les  suites  de 
ces  troubles,  et  sur  I'etat  actuel  de  I'Angleterre. 
Svo.  pp.  90.  A  la  Haye. 

95  Observations  d'un  homme  impartial  sur  la  lettre  de  Mr.  *****^ 

a  Mr.  S.  B.  docteur  en  medecine  k  Kingston,  dans  la  Jamai- 
que.  ....         Londres  (Holland?) 

Svo.  pp.  65. 

96  NouvELLEs  OBSERVATIONS  sur  la  seconde  lettre  de  Mr.   de 

Pinto,  a  I'occasion  des  troubles  de  I'Amerique  Septentrionale. 
Pour  servir  de  suite  aux  observations  d'un   homme  impartial 
sur  la  premiere  lettre  de  Mr.  **♦**.      Londres  (Holland?) 
Svo.  pp.  60. 

97  Reponse  DE  Mr.  J.  de  Pinto,  aux  observations  d'un  homme 

impartial,  sur  sa  lettre  a  Mr.  S.  B.,  docteur  en  medecine  k 
Kingston  dans  la  Jamaique,  au  sujet  des  troubles  qui  agitent 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  247 

actuellement  toute  I'Amerique  Septentrionale.  1776. 

8vo.  pp.  60.  A  la  Haye.    ^"^^ 

Isaac  Pinto  was  a  Portuguese  Jew,  living  in  Holland,  who  undertook  the 
defence  of  the  measures  of  the  British  government  for  the  subjection  of 
the  colonies.  His  two  letters  are  little  more  than  an  abstract  of  Sir  John 
Dalrymple's  celebrated  pamphlet,  The  Rights  of  Great  Britain  asserted,  8fc. 
which  he  lauds  to  the  skies.  The  author  of  Observations  d'un  homme  im- 
partial exposes  the  false  reasoning  of  "  little  Isaac,"  and  shows  himself 
a  zealous  defender  of  tlie  rights  of  the  colonies. 

98  Expose  des  droits  des  colonies  Britanniques,  pour  justifier  le 

projet  de  leur  independance.  .  .         Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  36. 
Written  by  a  foreigner  residing  in  England,  who  it  appears  had  already 
published   an   Essai  sur  la  veritable   Liberte    civile,    adress6  au    peuple 
d'Angleterre. 

99  Etat  pRisENT  DE  LA  LouisiANE  *.  pour  scFvif  de  suite  a  I'his- 

toire  des  etablissemens  des  Europeens  dans  les  deux  Indes. 

Par  M.  Champigny.  .  .  A  la  Haye. 

8vo. 

Meusel  in.  2, 360. 

100  Considerations  sur  I'etat  present  de  la  colonic  Fran^aise  de 
Saint  Domingue.  Ouvrage  politique  et  legislatif;  presente 
au  ministre  de  la  marine,  par  Mr.  H.  D.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
By  M.  Hilliard  D'Auberteuil.    Barbier.    (See  Nouvelles  Considerations,  &c. 
1780.) 

101*  Essaisur  l'histoire  naturelle  de  Saint  Domingue.  (Par 
le  P.  Nicolson.)  ....  Paris, 

8vo.  10  plates. 

102  Affaires  DE  l'angleterre  et  de  l'Amerique. 

8vo.  Anvers  {Paris.) 

This  work  appears  to  have  been  an  imitation  or  translation  of  Almon's 
Rememlrrancer,  and  appears  to  have  extended  to  fifteen  volumes.  Among 
its  editors,  according  to  Barbier,  were  Franklin,  Count  de  Gebelin, 
Robinet,  &c.  Harvard  college  library  possesses  a  copy  of  this  scarce 
work. 

103  Dissertation  historique   et  geographique  sur  le  meri- 

dien  de  demarcation    entre  les  domaines  d'Espagne  et   de 

Portugal.     Par  Don  Georges  Juan  &  Don  Antoine  de  UUoa, 

&c.     Traduit  de  I'Espagnol.     (Avec  une  carte.)  Paris. 

l2mo. 

The  original,  in  Spanish,  was  publishsd  in  1719. 


248  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1776.  104  Respi'esta  A  la  memoria  que  present©  en  16  de  Enero  de 
1776  el  Exmo  Sor  D.  Francisco  Inocencio  de  Souza 
Coutinho,  embaxador  de  S.  M.  F.  cerca  del  Rey  N.  S.  rela- 
tiva  h.  la  negociation  entablada  para  tratar  del  arreglo  y  sena- 
lamiento  de  limites  de  las  posesiones  Espanolas  y  Portuguesas 
en  America  meridional. — Apendice  de  documentos  que  se 
citan  en  la  respuesta  — Carta  de  acompanimiento  que  precede 
a  la  misma  respuesta. 
Quarto,  pp.  255  and  78.  {Madnd.) 

This  work  has  no  date,  &c.  to  it;  but,  by  the  original  ms.  in  my  posses- 
sion, it  appears  that  the  edition  was  prepared  by  Don  Bernardo  Yriarte, 
and  published  at  Madrid  in  this  year.  Some  bookseller  has  affirmed  that 
only  six  copies  were  printed,  but  I  have  myself  seen  a  much  greater 
number  in  Madrid,  where  the  work  was  considered  as  of  very  little  value. 
It  apparently,  however,  was  never  intended  for  sale. 

105  CoMPENDio  BELLA  STORiA  GEOGRAFiCA,  naturalc,  c  civiii, 
del  regno  di  Chile ;  con  una  tavola  geografica  e  figure. 

8vo.  Bologna. 

Meusel  attributes  this  anonymous  work  to  the  Abb6  Vidaurre,  but  Molina 
speaks  of  it  as  if  by  a  different  author.  The  American  translator  of  Molina 
has  made  large  extracts  from  it,  from  which  it  appears  to  be,  though  con- 
cise, a  work  of  considerable  authority.  A  map  of  the  country,  a  plan  of 
Santiago,  the  capital,  and  other  places,  all  made  from  accurate  observations, 
add  to  the  value  of  this  work. 

106  Characteres  generum  plantarum,  quas  in  itinere  ad  in- 
sulas  Maris  Australis,  colligerunt,  descripserunt,  delinearunt, 
annis  1772-1775,  Jo.  R.  Forster,  L.L.D.  et  Georgius  Forster. 

Quarto,  pp.  150,  plates  75.  London. 

This  work  should  form  part  of  a  complete  set  of  Cook's  voyages. 

107  Fasti  novi  orbis  et  ordinationum  apostolicarum  ad  Indias 
pertinentium  breviarium  cum  adnotationibus.  Opera  D. 
Cyriaci  Morelli  presbyteri,  olim  in  universitate  Neo-Cordu- 
bensi  in  Tucumania  professoris.  .  .  Venetia. 

Quarto,  pp.  642. 
Cyriaci  Morelli  is  the  pseudonyme  of  Don  Domingo  Muriel,  a  Spanish 
Jesuit,  for  many  years  a  professor  in  the  college  of  his  order  at  Tucuman. 
When  the  Jesuits  were  expelled  from  the  Spanish  dominions  he  retired  to 
Italy,  where  he  prepared  the  present  work,  which  is  a  collection  of  all 
the  orders,  decrees,  &c.  given  by  the  popes,  and  by  the  kings  of  Spain, 
relative  to  the  spiritual  concerns  of  America,  from  its  first  discovery. 
He  also  translated  Charlevoix'  History  of  Paraguay  into  Latin,  and  pub- 
lished it,  with  a  continuation,  at  Venice,  in  1779. 


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1777. 

MDCCLXXVII. 

I  The  Atlantic  neptune,  published  for  the  use  of  the  Royal 

navy  of  Great  Britain.  By  Joseph  F.  W.  Des  Barres,  esq. 
under  the  directions  of  the  R.  H.  lords  commissioners  of  the 
Admiralty. 

Sunt  ingeniorum  monumenta  quce  scecuHs  probantur.    Liv. 
Atlas  folio.  2  vols.  London. 

The  most  splendid  collection  of  charts,  plans,  and  v^ews,  ever  published. 
It  was  executed  at  the  expense  of  the  British  government  for  the  use  of 
the  British  navj,  and  no  expense  appears  to  have  been  spared  in  the  exe- 
cution in  order  to  render  it  a  monument  worthy  of  the  nation.  The 
following  are  the  titles  (beautifully  executed)  to  the  different  parts,  to- 
gether with  the  plates  belonging  to  each : 

VOL.  I. 

The  sea  coast  of  Nova  Scotia  ;  exhibiting  the  diversities  of  the  coast  and 
face  of  the  country  near  it ;  the  banks,  rocks,  shoals,  soundings,  <&c. 
Together  with  remarks  and  directions  for  the  conveniency  of  navigation 
and  pilotage.  Surveyed  by  order  of  the  R.  H.  lords  commissioners  of 
the  Admiralty,  by  Joseph  Frederick  Wallet  Des  Barres,  esq. 

1  General  Title  (engraved.)  20  View  of  Annapolis  Royal. 

2  Title  to  Nova  Scotia.  21  Three  views,  coloured. 

3  Table  of  contents.  22  Bay  of  Fundy.     No.  9. 

4  References.    No.  3.  23  Five  views,  coloured. 

5  General  remarks.  24  S.W.  coast  of  Nova  Scotia.  No.  9.* 

6  General  chart.     No.  4.  25  Barrington  Bay.    No.  10. 

7  Two  views.  26  Port  Amherst,  &c. 

8  Chart  Nova  Scotia.    No.  5.  27  Port  Campbell.  No.  12. 

9  Three  views.  28  Port  Mills.    No.  13. 
10  River  St.  John.    No.  6.  29  Liverpool  Bay.     14. 

I I  Five  views,  coloured.  30  Port  Jackson.         15. 

12  Two  do.         do.  31  King's  Bay.            16. 

13  Isthmus  of  Nova  Scotia.    No.  7.  32  Mecklenburgh  Bay.     17. 

14  Six  views.  33  Charlotte  Bay.                   1%. 

15  Chignecto  Bay.     No.  7.«  34  Leith  harbour.                   19. 

16  Fort  Cumberland,  coloured  35  S.E.  coast  Nova  Scotia.  19*. 

17  Four  views,  coloured.  3(;  Six  views. 

18  One  do.  of  Partridge  island,  col'd.      37  Halifax  harbour.        No.  20. 

19  Annapolis  Royal.  No.  8.  38  View  of  Halifax. 


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39  Harbour  of  Halifax. 

40  Egmont  harbour.  tl. 

41  Six  views  coloured. 

42  Keppell's  harbour,  &c.  22. 

43  Spry  harbour,  &c. 

44  White  Islands  harbour,  &c. 

45  Eight  views,  coloured. 

46  Sandwich  bay.  25. 

47  Torbay,  &c.  26. 

48  Whitehaven.  27. 

49  Canso  harbour,  &c.  28. 

50  St.  Peter's  bay,  <fec.  (Directions.) 

51  St.  Peter's  bay,  Ac.  29. 

52  Milford  haven.  30. 

53  Conway  harbour,  &c.  30.* 

54  Part  of  Cape  Breton.  31. 


65  Gut  of  Canso. 

56  Northumberland  straits. 

57  Ditto. 

58  Port  Hood. 

59  View  of  do. 

60  Two  views,  coloured. 

61  Pictou  harbour,  &c. 

62  View  of  Plaister  cliffs. 

63  Port  Shediach. 

64  Isle  of  Sables. 

65  Five  views,  coloured. 

66  Isle  of  Sables. 

67  View  of  do. 

68  Remarks  on  do. 

69  Four  views,  coloured. 

70  Printed  table  of  places. 


32. 
32." 
32.* 
33. 


34. 

35. 
36. 

36.' 


VOL.  II. 

-Charts  of  the  coast  and  harbours  in  the  gulf  and  river  of  St.  Lawrence, 
from  surveys  taken  by  Major  Holland,  surveyor-gen.  of  the  northern  dis- 
trict of  North  America,  and  his  assistants,  pursuant  to  orders  from  the 
R.  H.  the  lords  commissioners  for  trade  and  plantations,  in  the  years 
1765,  1766,  1767,  and  1768.  Composed  and  published  by  command  of 
Government,  for  the  use  of  the  Royal  navy  of  Great  Britain,  by  J.  F.  W. 
des  Barres. 


1  Engraved  Title  to  Vol.  ii. 

2  Title  to  St.  Lawrence. 

3  Index  of  charts. 

4  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence. 

5  River  St.  Lawrence. 

6  View  of  Quebec. 

7  River  St.  Lawrence. 

8  Bay  of  Seven  Islands. 

9  N.W.  coast  of  the  Gulph    of  St. 

Lawrence. 

10  Gaspee  Bay,  <fec. 

1 1  Bay  of  Chaleurs. 

12  Miramichi  Bay. 


13  Richebucto  harbour,  &c. 

14  Magdalen  islands. 

15  River  St.  Lawrence. 

16  Cape  Breton. 

17  Cardigan  Bay. 

18  Islandof  St.  John. 

19  Cape  Breton,  &c. 
:"()  Ditto. 

21  Six  views,  coloured. 

22  Cape  Breton,  «fec. 

23  View  of  Cape  Breton. 
21  Louisbourg  harbour. 

25  View  of  Louisburg,  ooloureO 


II. —  Charts  of  the  coast  and  harbours  of  New  England,  from  su. .  .vs 
taken  by  Samuel  Holland,  esq.  surveyor-gen.  <fec.  and  Geo.  Sproulo,  CJjus. 
Blascowitz,  James  Grant,  and  Thos.  Wheeler,  his  assistants,  pursuant 
to  orders  from  the  R.  II.  lords  commissioners  of  trade  and  plantations. 
Together  with  several  useful  additional  surveys,  soundings,  views,  &c. 
taken  by  various  oUicers  on  the  spot,      ('ouiposed,  &c.  by  J.  F.  W.  de3 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


251 


Barres,  survejor  of  the  coast  and  harbours  of  North  America  :  2*  charts    1777 
and  30  views,  some  coloured. 


26  Title  to  New  England,  «fec. 
S7  Index  of  charts. 

28  Passamaquoddj  bay.     No.  4. 

29  Grand  Manan  islands. 

30  Narraganset  bay,  (fee. 

31  Frenchman's  baj,  &c. 

32  Mount  Desert,  (fee. 

33  Penobscot  bay,  (fee. 

34  Do.  (fee. 

35  Kennebec  river,  (fee. 

36  Falmouth  harbour.     No.  7. 

37  St.  George's  river,  (fee. 

38  Portland  sound,  (fee. 

39  Piscataqua  harbour,  (fee. 

40  Viewof  Portsmouth,  coloured. 

41  Cape  Ann,  (fee. 


42  Piscataqua  harbour. 

43  Two  views. 

44  Massachusetts  bay. 

45  Boston  bay. 

46  Four  views  near  Boston. 

47  Boston  harbour. 

48  View  of  Boston. 

49  Three  views. 

50  Three  do. 

51  Plymouth  bay. 

52  Five  views. 

53  Block  island,  6cc. 

54  Buzzard's  bay,  (fee. 

65  Narraganset  bay. 

66  Plan  of  Newport,  coloured. 
57  Nantucket. 


III. — Charts  op  setehal  harbours  and  divers  parts  of  the  coast  of  North 
America,  from  New  York  south-westwards  to  the  gulf  of  Mexico. 
Collected  from  surveys  deposited  at  the  office  of  the  right  honourable  the 
lords  commissioners  for  trade  and  plantations,  and  others.  Composed 
and  published  by  command  of  Government  for  the  use  of  the  royal  navy 
of  Great  Britain,  by  J.  F.  W.  Des  Barres,  esq.  (1781.) 


68  Charleston. 

69  Port  Royal,  South  Carolina. 

70  Savannah  river,  (fee. 

71  Georgia,  (fee. 

72  Harbour  of  St.  Augustine. 

73  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

74  Ditto. 

75  Pensacola,  «fec. 

76  Mississippi  river. 


58  Title  to  New  York,  (fee. 

59  Index  of  charts. 

60  Printed  directions. 

61  New  York  harbour. 

62  Five  views. 

63  Coast  of  New  York  to  Carolina. 

64  Ditto. 

65  Long  island  sound,  &c. 

66  Delaware  bay. 

67  Delaware  river. 

2  The  West  Indian  Atlas,  or  a  general  description  of  the  West 

Indies;    taken  from  actual  surveys  and  observations.     By 
Thomas  Jefferys,  geographer  to  the  king.         .  London, 

Atlas  folio. 

3  A  VOYAGE   ROUND  THE  WORLD  in  his  British  Majesty's  sloop 

Resolution,  commanded  by  Captain  James  Cook,  during  the 
years  1772,  3,  4,  and  5.     By  George  Forster,  F.R.S.,  &c. 
Quarto,  2  vol.  London. 


252  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 777.  This  account  of  Captain  Cook'a  second  voyage  was  published  before  the 

following,  which  is  the  official  narrative. 

4  A  VOYAGE  TOWARDS  THE  SouTH  PoLE,  and  Tound  the  world. 
Performed  in  his  Majesty's  ships  the  Resolution  and  Adven- 
ture, in  the  years  1772,  3,  4,  and  5.  Written  by  James 
Cook,  commander  of  the  Resolution.  In  which  is  included. 
Captain  Furneaux's  narrative  of  his  proceedings  in  the  Ad- 
venture during  the  separation  of  the  ships.  Illustrated  with 
maps  and  charts,  and  a  variety  of  portraits  of  persons  and 
views  of  places,  drawn  during  the  voyage  by  Mr.  Hodges, 
and  engraved  by  the  most  eminent  masters.  London. 

Quarto,  2  vols,  portrait,  and  63  plates. 

5  The  original  astronomical  observations  made  in  the 
course  of  a  voyage  towards  the  South  Pole,  and  round  the 
world,  in  his  Majesty's  ships  the  Resolution  and  Adventure, 
in  the  years  1772,  3,  4,  and  5.  By  William  Wales,  F.R.S. 
and  Mr.  William  Bailey.  .  .  .         London. 

Quarto. 

6  The  history  of  America.  By  William  Robertson,  D.D. 
principal  of  the  university  of  Edinburgh,  and  Historiographer 
to  his  Majesty  for  Scotland.  .  London. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 
Frequently  reprinted  and  translated  into  most  of  the  modem  languages, 
except  the  Spanish.  The  following  extract  from  a  masterly  criticism, 
in  an  early  number  of  the  Edinburgh  Review,  displays  the  merits  of 
Robertson  in  their  true  colours.  "  The  histories  of  Robertson  abound 
in  the  finest  descriptions,  the  most  pleasing  delineations  of  character, 
the  most  dignified  and  judicious  mixture  of  reflections  ;  and  more  espe- 
cially they  are  distinguished  by  a  style  of  narration  at  once  manly, 
copious,  and  easy.  But  all  these  descriptions,  delineations,  reflections, 
and  even  this  narrative  itself,  are  too  general  for  practical  use  and  appli- 
cation. The  politician  and  political  economist  will  search  tliose  writings 
in  vain  for  the  accurate  details  of  fact  which  tliey  have  a  right  to  expect 
from  one  who  investigates  the  subjects  of  particular  men  and  nations. — 
Dr.  Robertson  appears  to  have  studied  grace  and  dignity  more  than  use- 
fulness. He  has  chosen  those  features  of  every  figure  which  he  could 
best  paint,  rather  than  those  which  were  most  worthy  of  the  pencil. — 
The  charms  of  Robertson's  style,  and  the  full  flow  of  his  narration, 
which  is  always  suflficiently  minute  for  ordinary  readers,  will  render  his 
works  immortal  in  the  hands  of  the  bulk  of  mankind.  But  the  scientific 
reader  requires  something  more  than  periods  which  fill  his  ear,  and 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  253 

general  statements  which  gratify  by  amusing;  be  '^ven  requires  more  1777. 
than  a  general  text-book,  a  happy  arrangement  of  intricate  subjects,  which 
may  enable  him  to  pursue  them  in  their  details.  —  When  we  repair  to 
the  works  of  Robertson  for  the  purpose  of  finding  facts,  we  are  instantly 
carried  away  by  the  stream  of  his  narrative,  and  forget  the  purpose  of  our 
errand  to  the  fountain.  As  soon  as  we  can  stop  ourselves,  we  discover 
that  our  search  has  been  vain,  and  that  we  must  apply  to  those  sources 
from  which  he  drew  and  culled  his  supplies."  Ed,  Rev.  2,  p.  241. — 
Siewart's  Life  of  Robertson,  p.  111. 

7  The  history  of  the  voyages  of  Christopher  Columbus,  in 

order  to  discover  the  West  Indies.  .  London. 

12mo.  pp.  190. 

Intended  for  popular  use. 

8  A  HISTORY  OF  New  England,  with  particular  reference  to  the 

denomination  of  Christians  called  Baptists.  Containing  the 
first  principles  and  settlements  of  the  country;  the  rise  and 
increase  of  the  baptist  churches  therein ;  the  intrusion  of 
arbitrary  power  under  the  cloak  of  religion;  the  christian 
testimonies  of  the  baptists  and  others  against  the  same,  with 
their  sufferings  under  it,  from  the  beginning  to  the  present 
time.  Collected  from  the  most  authentic  records  and  writ- 
ings, both  ancient  and  modern.  By  Isaac  Backus,  pastor  of 
the  first  baptist  church  in  Middleborough.  Boston,  N.A. 

8vo.  vol.  1,  pp.  544. 
There  are  three  volumes  of  this  work,  the  last  of  which  was  published  in 
1790,  and  an  abridgment  of  it  in  1804,  when  the  author  was  eighty  years 
of  age,  bringing  the  history  down  to  that  year.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Allen 
says  "  that  it  contains  many  facts,  for  which  the  public  are  indebted  to 
the  patient  industry  of  the  writer,  and  it  must  be  a  very  valuable  work  to 
the  baptists,  as  it  presents  a  minute  account  of  almost  every  church  of 
that  denomination  in  New  England.  But  these  facts  are  combined  with- 
out much  attention  to  the  connexion  which  ought  to  subsist  between 
them,  and  the  author  shows  himself  too  much  under  the  influence  of  the 
zeal  of  party."     Am.  Biog.  Diet. 

9  Caspipina's  letters  :    containing  observations  on  a  variety  of 

subjects,  literary,  moral,  and  religious,  written  by  a  gentleman 
who  resided  sometime  in  Philadelphia.  To  which  is  added, 
the  life  and  character  of  William  Penn,  esq.  original  pro- 
prietor of  Pennsylvania.  .  Bath  {England.) 
Small  8vo.  2  vols. 
First  printed  at  Philadelphia,  in  1774,  (No.  7.)     Written  by  the  Rev. 


254  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 777.  Jacob  Ducfa6.    The  English  editor  has  added  a  life  of  William  Penn,  and 

a  copy  of  his  letter,  first  printed  in  1683. 

10  A  COMPENDIOUS  DESCRIPTION  of  the  thirteen  colonies  in  British 
America.  .  .  .  Herman, . 

8vo.  pp.  23. 

1 1  History  of  the  colonizations  of  the  free  states  of  antiquity, 
applied  to  the  present  contest  between  Great  Britain  and  her 
American  colonies.  With  reflections  concerning  the  future 
settlement  of  these  colonies.  .  Cadell, . 

Quarto. 

By  Mr.  —  Baron.     See  Symond's  Remarks,  8fc.  1778. 

12  Letters  from  General  Washington  to  several  of  his  friends,  in 
the  year  1776.  .  .  .  Bew, . 

8vo. 

*'  We  cannot  look  upon  these  letters  as  genuine,  but  we  must  pronounce 
them  well  written :  they  would  do  great  honour  to  General  Washington, 
could  his  claim  to  them  be  indisputably  established." 

13  Letters  from  the  Marquis  de  Montcalm,  governor-general  of 
Canada,  to  Messrs.  de  Berryer  and  De  la  Mole,  in  the  years 
1757,  8,  and  9.     With  an  English  translation. 

Svo.  Almon, . 

If  these  letters  are  genuine,  they  show  that  M.  de  Montcalm  had  a  very  cor- 
rect presentiment  of  what  would  be  the  consequences  of  attempting  to  lax 
the  colonies. 

14  The  letters  of  Valens,  which  originally  appeared  in  the 
London  Evening  Post,  with  corrections,  explanatory  notes, 
and  a  preface  by  the  author.  .  Almon, . 

Svo.  pp.  160. 

'<  In  these  well  written,  spirited,  anti-ministerial  letters,  the  author  takes  a 
view  of  the  policy  of  the  American  war,  its  objects,  its  conduct,  and  the 
motives  of  government  for  engaging  in  it.  The  prospect  is  dreary  and 
discouraging,  and  terminates  with  this  reflection,  that  it  will  be  wise  in 
ns  to  seize  the  moment  of  success  to  do  proudly,  what  long  since  we 
ought  to  have  done  wisely,  to  repeal  the  obnoxious  acts,  and  to  put  tilings 
on  the  footing  as  they  stood  in  1763. 

15  An  address  to  the  inhabitants  of  Pensilvania,  by  those  free- 
men of  the  city  of  Philadelphia  who  are  now  confined  in  the 
Mason's  Lodge,  by  virtue  of  a  general  warrant,   signed   in 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  255 

council  by  the  vice   president  of   the   council   of  Pensil-    1777. 
vania.  ....  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 
Reprinted  in  London.  These  freemen,  principally  Quakers,  were  taken  up 
on  suspicion  of  holding  communication  with  the  British  armj,  and  were 
detained  for  refusing  to  make  the  following  declaration,  viz. :  *'  I  do 
swear  (or  affirm)  tliat  I  will  be  faithful,  and  bear  true  allegiance  to  the 
commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  as  a  free  and  independent  state,"  &c. 

16  A  POLITICAL  PARADOX.  .  .  AlmOD, . 

8vo.  pp.  21. 
A  fling  at  the  ministry,  who  have  declared,  on  a  solemn  occasion,  their  de- 
sire of  restoring  to  America  the  blessings  of  law  and  liberty.     To  prove 
their  sincerity,    these  blessings,   it  is  remarked,  are  tendered  to   the 
Americans  by  the  hands  of  40,000  lawgivers  from  Britain  and  Germany. 

17  A  LETTER  to  Benjamin  Franklin,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.     In  which 

his  pretensions  to  the  title  of  natural  philosopher  are  con- 
sidered. ....  Bew, . 

8vo. 

A  pompous  attempt  to  undervalue  the  merits  of  Franklin. 

18  A  CALM  ADDRESS  to  the  inhabitants  of  England.     By  John 

Wesley.  ....  Fry, .. 

"Mr.  Wesley's  calmness  is  only  to  be  found  in  bis  title-pages;  he  is  far 
from  being  a  dispassionate  writer ;  and  the  Americans  have  great  reason 
to  complain  of  him  as  a/omenter,  rather  than  a  composer  of  national  dis- 
cord." M.  R. 

19  Observations  on   Mr    Wesley's  second   Calm  Address,  and 

incidentally  on  other  writings  upon  the  American  question, 

&c.  .  .  .  .  Dilly, . 

12mo. 
A  plain,  sensible,  and  dispassionate  refutation  of  Mr.  Wesley's  pamphlet. 

20  The  double  delusion,  or  faction  the  cause  of  all  the  confu- 

sion.   In  a  joco-serious  review  of  our  American  embroilment. 

8vo.  Johnson, . 

"Commonplace  invective."  M.R. 

21  A   LETTER   from   an   officer   at    New   York   to   a   friend    in 

London.  ....  Nicoll, . 

8vo. 

"For  New  York  read  Grub-street."  M.R. 

22  The  American  crisis.     By  a  Citizen  of  the  World. 
Svo.  Flexney,  . 


256  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1777.  "The  Citizen  of  the  World  takes  for  granted  a  speedy  triumph  over  the 

colonists,  and  accordingly  recommends  in  the  strongest  terms  clemency 
towards  the  vanquished."  M.R. 

23  Dr.  Price's  notions  of  the  nature  of  civil  liberty,  shewn  to  be 
contradictory  to  reason  and  scripture.  Becket, , 

8vo. 
"  Mr.  John  Gray,  the  author  of  this  pamphlet,  appears  to  have  bestowed 
great  attention  on  the  several  important  topics  on  which  the  patriotic  Dr. 
Price  had  given  his  opinion,  and  many  of  his  arguments  come  recom- 
mended by  their  novelty  Tis  well  as  by  the  ingenuity  with  which  they  are 
enforced.  But  while  we  allow  his  merit  as  a  politician,  we  must  condemn 
his  asperity."  M.R. 

24  Additional  observations  on  the  nature  and  value  of  civil 
liberty,  and  the  war  with  America,  &c.  By  Richard  Price, 
D.D.,  F.R.S.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  176. 

25  The  contrast;  or,  strictures  on  select  parts  of  Dr.  Price's 
Additional  Observations,  &c.  forming  a  concise  state  of  the 
present  currency ;  an  impartial  view  of  the  trade  and  govern- 
ment of  the  kingdom ;  the  cause  and  consequences  of  the  war 
with  America;  and  a  sketch  of  the  debts  and  revenues  of 
France.     By  A.  Charles  Dodd.  .         Fielding, . 

8vo.  pp.  56. 

"A  very  illiberal  and  indecent  performance."  M.R. 

26  A  letter  to  the  earl  of  Chatham,  concerning  his  speech 
and  motion  in  the  House  of  Lords,  on  the  memorable  30th  of 
May;  with  some  observations  on  the  speeches  of  Lord  Gower, 
the  duke  of  Grafton,  &c.  To  which  are  subjoined,  Reflections 
on  his  Majesty's  most  gracious  speech  from  the  throne,  and  an 
index  to  peace  with  America.  .  Evans, . 

8vo.  pp.  54. 
"  A  spirited  but  not  very  elaborate  declamation  against  Great  Britain,  in 
respect  of  her  quarrel  with  her  colonies ;  and  a  prophetic  denunciation  of 
the  most  melancholy  consequences  to  the  mother  country.  The  author 
looks  upon  the  Americans  as  irrecoverably  lost  to  every  idea  of  future  de- 
pendence upon  the  British  government."  M.R. 

27  A  letter  to  the  English  nation,  on  the  present  war  with 
America;  with  a  review  of  our  military  operations  in  that 
country ;  and  a  series  of  facts  never  before  published,  from 
which  the  absolute  impossibility  of  reducing  the  colonies  will 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  257 

sufficiently  appear,  and  the  f(jlly  of  continuing  the  contest  be    1777. 
demonstrated.     By  an  officer  returned  from  that  service.  "^"^ 

8vo.  pp.  59.  Corral, . 

"  According  to  this  mutinous  officer,  notbing  remains  for  us  to  do  but,  in 
the  first  place,  to  desist  from  an  attempt  in  which  it  is  impossible  for  us 
to  succeed,  and  in  the  next  place,  to  bring  the  authors  of  all  this  mischief 
to  condign  punishment."  M.R. 

28  Reflections  on  our  present  critical  situation.     In  a  letter 

from  a  landed  proprietor.  .  Williams, . 

8vo. 
This  writer  reprobates  the  war,  and  predicts  nothing  but  ruin  from   the 
event ;  and  thinks  that  no  time  should  be  lost  in  coming  to  an  accommo- 
dation with  the  Americans. 

29  Reflections  on  the  present  combination   of  the  American 

colonies    against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  British  legis- 
lature, and  their  claim  to  independency.     By  a  real  friend  to 

legal  liberty  and  the  constitution.  .  Wallis, . 

8vo.  pp.  100. 

"  Such  bigoted  advocates  for  the  measures  of  administration  will  do  us  no 
service,  nor  the  rebels  anj  harm."  M.R. 

30  Letters  to  the  high  and  mighty  United  States  of  America.  By 

Integer,  candidate  for  the  office  of  accomptant-general  to  their 
Excellencies  the  Continental  Congress.         .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  80. 
"  Reprinted  in  London.     '  A  fellow  of  infinite  jest :'  but  we  wish  him  a  sub- 
ject better  adapted  to  the  proper  exertions  of  humour."  M.R. 

31  A  LETTER  from  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  one  of  the  representatives 

in  parliament  for  the  city  of  Bristol,  to  John  Farr  and  John 

Harris,  esqs.  sheriffs  of  that  city,  on  the  affairs  of  America. 

8vo.  pp.  75.  Dodsley, . 

32  An  answer  to  the  letter  of  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  one  of  the 

representatives  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  to  the  sheriffs  of  that 

city.  ....  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  60. 

33  An    answer   from   the   electors   of  Bristol    to   the   letter  of 

Edmund  Burke,  esq.  on  the  affairs  of  America. 
8vo.  pp.  90.  Cadell,  . 

34  An  address  to  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  on  his  late  letter  relative 


258  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1777.  to  the  affairs  of  America.     By  Edmund  Topham,  cornet  of 

'-"*'  his  Majesty's  second  troop  of  horse  guards.         Bew, . 

Quarto,  pp.  27. 

35  Thoughts  on  the  letter  of  Edmund  Burke,  Esq.  to  the 

sheriffs  of  Bristol,  on  the  affairs  of  America.     By  the  earl  of 
Abingdon.  ...  .  Oxford. 

8vo.  pp.  64. 
Tbe  sixth  edition  (same  year)  contains  an  introduction  of  ninety-one  pages. 

36  Second  thoughts  ;    or,  observations  upon  Lord  Abingdon's 

thoughts  on  the  letter  of  Edmund  Burke,  esq.  to  the  sheriffs 
of  Bristol.     By  the  author  of  the  Answer  to  Mr.  Burke's 

letter  (No.  32.)  .  .  .         Cadell, , 

8vo.  pp.  74. 
"  This  writer  attacks  some  eminent  characters,  particularly  Dr.  Franklin, 
with  an  illiberal  severity,  for  which  ho  deserves  the  reprehension  of 
every  considerate  and  candid  reader."  M.R. 

37  Dialogues  in  the  shades,  betVveen  General  Wolfe,  General 

Montgomery,  David  Hume,  George  Grenville,  and  Charles 

Townsend.  .  .  .  Kearsley,  — . 

12mo. 

38  An  unconnected  whig's  address  to  the  public;    upon  the 

present  civil  war,  the  state  of  public  affairs,  and  the  real 

cause  of  all  the  national  calamities.  Kearsley, . 

8vo.  pp.  -80. 
"  Civil  war  is  a  disease ;  but  tyranny  is  the  death  of  a  free  state."    The 
author's  motto  from  Sydney. 

39  Remarks  on  the  conduct  of  the  Opposition,  with  regard  to 

America ;    shewing  their  inconsistency,  by  a  short  review  of 

their  own  measures.  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  42. 
"  One  of  those  overheated  defenders  of  government  who  supposes  every 
man  in  opposition  to  have  horns  and  a  tail,  with  all  the  other  ensigns  of 
diabolism."  M.Il. 

40  Essays,  commercial  and  political,  on  the  real  and  relative  in- 

terests of  imperial  and  dependent  states,  particularly  those  of 
Great  Britain  and  her  dependencies;  displaying  the  probable 
cause  of,  and  a  mode  of  compromising,  the  present  disputes 
between  this  country  and  her  American  colonics,  &c. 
8vo.  pp.  147.  Newcastle. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  259 

"This  iutelligent  writer,  with  pretensions  to  great  impartialitj,  is  very    1777. 
severe  on  the  Americans.     He  is  in  favour  of  the  independence  of  New      >«vw 
England,  and  would  make  the  most  of  the  Southern  colonies  ;  but,  rather 
than  lose  the  whole,  proposes  that  thej  should  be  divided  with  some  of  the 
maritime  states  of  Europe.'V  M.  R. 

41  Considerations  addressed  to  all  persons  of  property  in  Great 

Britain,  concerning  the  present  disposition  of  the  Americans 

towards  this  country.  .  .  Owen, . 

8vo. 
This  writer  states  that,  as  the  Americans  are  united  among  themselves,  "  it 
is  imprudent  in  Britain  to  persist  in  the  attempt  to  reduce,  because  it  is 
impracticable  to  effect  the  reduction  of,  that  extensive  country  bj  force. '» 

42  Peace  the  best  policy  :  or,  reflections  on  the  appearance  of 

a  foreign  war,  the  present  state  of  affairs  at  home,  and  the 
commission  for   granting   pardons  in   America.      By  Matt. 

Robinson,  M.  .  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  112.  Second  edition,  pp.  59. 
"This  patridtic  writer  does  not  trouble  himself  much  about  systematic 
arrangement,  or  classic  purity  of  style  ;  he  abounds  with  peculiarities  aitd 
redundances  of  expression;  but  his  compositions  are  the  productions  of 
a  vigorous  comprehensive  mind,  deeply  impressed  by  the  subject,  and 
filled  with  just,  bold,  liberal,  and  reflected  ideas.''  M.  R. 

43  Letters  occasioned   by  three  dialogues  concerning  liberty ; 

wherein  the  author's  doctrine  respecting  the  state  of  nature 
is  shewn  to  be  repugnant  to  nature  ;    to  which  are  added,  re- 
marks on  Dr.  Price's  Additional  observations  on  the    nature 
and  value  of  civil  liberty .     By  Joseph  Wimpey. 
8vo.  pp.  103.  Johnson, -. 

44  Remarks  on  the  evidence  delivered  on  the  petition  presented 

by  the  West  India  planters  and  merchants  to  the  House  of 
Commons,  on  the  I6th  of  March,  1775,  &c.  by  Mr.  Glover, 
80  far  as  the  same  respects  Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward  Islands. 

By  a  West  India  planter.  .  .  Bew, . 

8vo.  pp.  50. 

45  A  letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cooper,  on  the  origin  of  civil  govern- 

ment; in  answer  to  his  sermon,  preached  before  the  University 

of  Oxford,  on  the  general  fast.  .  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  53. 

46  An  authentic  narrative  of  facts,  relating  to  the  exchange 


260  Bibliutheca  Americana  Nvva. 

1777.  of  prisoners  taken  at  the  Cedars;  supported  by  the  testimonies 

and  depositions  of  H.  M.'s  officers,  with  several  original  letters 
and  papers.  Together  with  remarks  upon  the  report  and 
resolves  of  the  American  congress,  on  that  subject. 

8vo.  pp.  50.  Cadell, . 

"  These  remarks  are  intended  to  shew  the  fallacy  of  the  report  of  the  congress, 
and  to  evince  the  perfidy  of  that  body,  in  the  resolves."  M.  R. 

47  Reponse  a  la  declaration  du  congr^s  Americain.     Traduite 
de  I'Anglois.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.pp.  24. 
A  translation  of  the  answer  to  the  Declaration  of  the  American  congress. 
No.  53  of  1776.     Probably  published  by  authority. 

48  Anecdotes  Am£hicaines,  ou  histoire  abregee  des  principaux 

evenements  arrives  dans  le  nouveau  monde,  depuis  sa  decou- 

verte  jusqu'a  present.  .  .  .  Paris. 

Svo. 

By  Ant.  Homot.  Barbier. 

49  Recheuches  iiistouiques  et  oeoguaphiques  sur  le  Nouveau 
Monde.     Par  Jean  Benoit  Scherer.  .  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  350.  Map  and  8  plates. 

Copies  of  this  work,  with  the  platet,  are  uncommon. 

50  NouvEAUx  VOYAGES  DANS  I'Ameuique  scptentrionalc,  conte- 
nant  une  collection  de  lettres  ecrites  sur  les  lieuxparTauteur, 
a  son  ami,  M.  Douin,  chevalier,  capitaine  dans  les  troupes  du 
roi,  cidevant  son  camarade  dans  le  Nouveau  Monde.  Par 
M.  Bossu,  chevalier,  &c.  .  Amsterdam  {Paris.) 

Svo.  pp.  392,  4  plates. 
Bossu's  account  of  his  two  first  voyages  to  Louisiana  was  printed  in  1768  • 
after  which,  he  made  a  t/iird  voyage,  the  account  of  which  is  given  in  this 
volume  :  which,  not  having  been  reprinted,  nor  translated  into  any  other 
language,  is  a  much  scarcer  work  than  the  former.  There  are  copies 
with  the  date  of  1778,  and  with  "nouvelle  edition"  on  the  title-page,  but 
the  edition  is  the  same. 

51  Memoires  pour  servir  a  I'histoire  de  Cayenne  et  de  la  Guiane 
Tran^aise,  dans  lesqucls  ou  fait  connoitre  la  nature  du  climat 
de  cette  contree,  les  maladies,  &c.  Avec  des  observations 
sur  rhistoire  naturelle  du  pays,  et  sur  la  culture  des  terres. 
Par  M.  Bajon,  cliirurgien  de  I'lsle  de  Cayenne,  &c. 

Svo.  2  vols.  Paris. 

52  Le  guide  du  commerce  dc  rAmcriquc,  principalemcnt  pur  ie 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  261 

port  de  Marseille.      Contenant  le  detail  de  la  decouverte  de    1777. 
I'Amerique,  et  de  Tetablissement   des  Europeens  dans  cette     ""^^^^ 
partie  du  monde.      Celui  des  Isles  Antilles  et  de  leurs  pro- 
ductions.    Le  recueil  des  lettres  patentes,  &c.     Ouvrage  utile 
aux  negocians  qui  font  ce  commerce  et  aux  personnes  curi- 
euses  de   connoitre   I'histoire    de    nos   colonies.        Par   M. 

Ch de  Marseille.         .  .  .  Marseilles. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  19  maps  and  plates. 
This  work  (by  M.  Chambon)  appears  to  have  been  first  published  in  1764 ; 
and  again  in  1783 ;  but  are  all  the  same  edition,  with  some  variation  in  the 
title. 

53  Courier  politique  et  litteraire;   annonces  et  avis  divers  : 

or  French  evening  post.  Externa  Robore  crescit.  London. 
Quarto. 
This  French  journal,  which  was  commenced  in  the  month  of  May  of  the  pre- 
sent year,  had  been  preceded  by  the  Courier  de  VEurope,  under  which 
title  it  was  continued  from  June  1778.  According  to  Barbier,  it  was 
edited  by  the  Irish  abbe,  Perkins  Mac  Mahon,  Serres  de  la  Tour,  and 
Theveneau  de  Morande.  The  eighteenth  volume,  apparently  the  last, 
was  published  in  1785  ;  and  some  of  the  latter  volumes  contain  contribu- 
tions from  the  pen  of  the  celebrated  Mirabeau.  Having  been  published 
during  the  whole  course  of  the  American  war  of  independence,  one  of  its 
principal  objects  appears  to  have  been  that  of  giving  an  impartial  account 
of  the  events  which  attended  it.  The  copy  in  my  possession,  in  eighteen 
volumes,  appears  to  have  been  preserved  with  the  greatest  care  by  a  per- 
son of  the  name  of  Renovales,  apparently  a  Spaniard,  who  had  very  neat 
vignette  titles  made  for  each  volume,  executed  in  India  ink,  and  added 
the  portraits  and  caricatures,  (mostly  Dutch,)  which  appeared  at  tlie 
time. 

54  Affiches  Americaines.  .  Port  au  Prince. 

Quarto. 

De  rimprimerie  royale. 
I  have  in  my  possession  a  copy  of  this  French  journal,  from  1777  to  1783, 
both  inclusive,  in  seven  volumes.      As  they  comprise  the  greater  part  of 
the  American  war,  they  contain  many  interesting  articles  relating  to  it 
which  probably  are  not  to  be  found  elsewhere. 

55  KuRz  gefasste  nachricht  von  dem  etablissement  der  Salz- 

burgischen  Emigranten  zu  Ebenezer  in  der  provinz   Georgien 

in  Nord  America,  wie  solche  auf  Verlangen  von  dem  Hrn. 

Regierungsrath  Von  Reck  zu  Ranzau  mit  getheilet  worden. 

8vo.  Hamburg. 

Meusel  iii.  1,  391. 


2G2  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1777.  56  Geschiciite  der  mission   der  cvangelischcn  Brlider  auf  den 
*^'*'  Caraibischen  Inseln  S.  Thomas,  S.  Croix  und  S.  Jan ;    he- 

raurgegeben  von  Johann  Jacob  Bossart.  .  Barhcfj. 

8vo.  2vols. 

Meusel  iii.  3, 70. 
57  CiiiLiDUou,  81VE  RES  ciiiLRNSES  vel    desctiptio  statjis  turn 
naturalis,  turn  civilis,  cum  moralis  regni  populique  Chilcnsis, 
inserta  suis  locis  perfccta  ad  Chilensem  linguam  manuductioni, 
Bernard!  Havestadt,  &c.  Monastcrii  Weslphalice. 

8vo.  2  vols.  pp.  952. 
A  very  valuable  and  scarce  work.  It  has  a  map  and  two  i)lat09  of  music. 
•'  The  author  passed  twenty  years  as  a  Jesuit  missionary  in  the  kingdom 
of  Chili.  The  main  object  of  the  work  is  to  jjromote  the  knowledge  of 
tho  Chilian  language,  which  ho  avers  to  be  as  much  above  all  other  lan- 
guages, as  the  Chilian  Andes  are  above  tlie  mountains  of  tho  rest  of  the 
earth.  The  work  is  divided  into  seven  parts. — TJie  first  is  a  very  ample 
grammar  of  the  Chilian  tongue,  amounting  to  near  200  pages.— The  se- 
cond is  a  translation  into  the  Chilian  tongue  of  father  Pomey's  Indlcului 
Universalis. — The  third  is  a  Chilian  catechism,  in  verso  and  prose, — Tho 
fourth  is  an  ample  vocabulary  of  the  Chilian  language. — Tlie  fifth  is  a 
Latin  vocabulary,  corresponding  with  the  preceding. — The  sixth  contains 
the  music  for  accompanying  the  organ,  in  chanting  the  poetical  cate- 
chism.— The  seventh  is  tho  author's  diary  of  a  missionary  excursion  in 
the  years  1751  and  1752.''  N.  A.  Rev. 

MDCCLXXVIII. 

1  The  history  of  America,  from  its  discovery  by  Columbus  to 

the  conclusion  of  the  late  war.  With  an  appendix,  contain- 
ing an  account  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  present  unhappy 
contest  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies.  By  William 
Russell,  esq.  of  Gray's  inn.  .  .  London. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  51  plates. 

2  An  impartial  history  of  the  present  war  in  America;  con- 

taining  an    account   of  its    rise   and  progress,  the  political 
springs  thereof,  with  its  various  successes  and  disappointments, 
on  both  sides.     By  the  Rev.  James  Murray,  of  Newcastle. 
8vo.  3  vols,  portraits.  London  (Newcastle.) 

liy  the  author  of  Sermons  to  Asses,  &c.  This  work  was  apparently  pub- 
lished in  numbers  at  Newcastle.  It  has  no  year  on  the  titles,  but  the 
dedicaticm  is  dated  in  1778.  The  third  volume,  which  brings  the  history 
down  to  the  end  of  the  year  1780,  ends  abruptly,  in  tho  middle  of  a  chap- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  263 

ter,  at  p.  332.     The  first  and  second  volumes  are  not  common,  but  the    1778. 
third  is  particularly  rare.     No  mention  is  made  of  this  work  in  any  list     \«v^ 
of  the  author's  publications. 

3  Travels  through  the  interior  parts  of  North  America, 

in  the  years  1766,  1767,  and  1768.  By  J.  Carver,  esq. 
captain  of  a  company  of  provincial  troops  during  the  late  war 
with  France.     Illustrated  with  copper-plates.  London. 

8vo.  pp.  544,  2  maps  and  4  plates. 
First  edition,  dedicated  to  Joseph  Banks,  esq.  Carver  came  to  England, 
soon  after  he  returned  from  his  travels,  with  the  intention  of  publishing 
his  account  of  them;  but  when  he  had  already  sold  the  ms.  to  a  book- 
seller, he  was  ordered  by  the  government  to  deliver  up  all  his  maps  and 
journals  ;  and  it  was  not  until  near  ten  years  after  that  he  obtained  per- 
mission to  publish  his  work.  Although  this  work  was  very  favorably 
received,  and  went  through  several  editions,  its  author  derived  but  little 
benefit  from  it;  and  in  1780  "a  putrid  fever  supervening  a  long  continued 
dysentery,  brought  on  by  want,  put  an  end  to  the  life  of  a  man,  who,  after 
rendering,  at  the  ezpence  of  fortune  and  health,  and  the  risk  of  life,  many 
important  services  to  his  country,  perished  through  want,  in  the  first  city 
of  the  world,''  Lettsom's  Life  of  Carver,  prefixed  to  the  third  edition  of 
his  Travels,  1781. 

4  The  American  atlas  ;  or,  a  geographical  description  of  the 

whole  continent  of  America,  wherein  are  delineated  at 
large  its  several  regions,  countries,  states,  and  islands,  and 
chiefly  the  British  colonies,  (composed  from  numerous  surveys 
several  of  which  were  made  by  order  of  government.  By 
Major  Holland,  Lewis  Evans,  Wm.  Scull,  Henry  Mouzon, 
Lt.  Ross,  J.  Cook,  Michael  Lane,  Joseph  Gilbert,  Gardner, 
Hillock,  &c.;  Engraved  on  49  copper-plates.  By  the  late 
Mr.  Thomas  Jefferys,  geographer  to  the  King.  London, 

Atlas  Folio. 

5  Observations  made  during  a  voyage  round  the  world,  on  phy- 

sical geography,  natural  history,  and  ethic  philosophy,  &c. 
By  John  Reinhold  Forster,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.  &c. 
Quarto.  Robinson,  — — — . 

6  A  letter  to  the  right  honourable  earl  of  Sandwich,  &c.    From 

George  Forster,  F.R.S.  .  Robinson, . 

Quarto,  pp.  32. 
Complaining  of  the  bad  treatment  the  writer  and  his  father  had  received, 
after  their  return  from  the  voyage  round  the  world. 


264  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1778.  7  Remarks  on  Mr.  Forster's  account  of  Captain  Cook's  last 
voyage  round  the  world,  in  the  years  1772,  3,  4,  and  5. 
By  William  Wales,  F.R.S.  astronomer  on  board  the  Resolu- 
tion, &c.  .  .  .  Nourse, . 

8vo. 
An  explanation  and  defence  of  certain  transactions,  stated  by  Mr.  Forster 
to  Lave  occurred  during  the  voynge  of  the  Resolution  round  the  world. 

8  Reply  to  Mr.  Wales's  remarks.  By  George  Forster,  F.R.S. 
naturalist  on  the  late  voyage  round  the  world,  by  the  king's 
appointment.  .  .  .  White, . 

Quarto,  pp.  53. 

9  New  discoveiiies  concerning  the  world  audits  inhabitants;  in 
two  parts,  &c.:  containing  a  circumstantial  account  of  all 
the  islands  in  the  South  Sea  that  have  been  lately  discovered, 
&c.     WMth  maps  and  prints.  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  408. 
A  cheap  and  judicious  account  of  the  discoveries  made  in  the  South  Seas. 

10  A  DESCRIPTIVE  ACCOUNT  of  the  islands  lately  discovered  in  the 
South  Seas.  Giving  a  full  detail  of  the  present  state  of  the 
inhabitants,  their  government,  religion,  &c.  from  the  first 
discovery  to  the  present  time,  &c.  By  the  Rev.  Dr.  John 
Trusler.  ....        Baldwin, . 

8vo. 

"Scanty  and  unsatisfactory,  and  not  well  written." 

11  A  VOYAGE  to  California  to  observe  the  transit  of  Venus,  with 
an  historical  description  of  the  author's  route  through  Mexico. 
By  M.  Chappe  d'Auteroche.  Also  a  voyage  to  Newfound- 
land and  Sallee,  &c.     By  M.  de  Cassini.  Dilly, . 

8vo.  pp.  215. 

First  printed  in  French  at  Paris  in  1T72. 

12  A  TOPOGiiAPiiiCAL  DESCRIPTION  of  Virginia,  Pennsylvania, 
Maryland,  and  North  Carolina;  comprehending  the  rivers 
Ohio,  Kenhawa,  Sioto,  Cherokee,  Wabash,  Mississippi,  &c. 
Published  by  Thomas  Hutchins,  captain  in  the  60th  regi- 
ment. With  an  appendix,  containing  Mr.  Patrick  Kennedy's 
journal  up  the  Illinois  river.  .  Author.     London. 

8vo.  pp.  67,  3  plates. 

Published  in  French,  at  Paris,  in  1781. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  265 

13  An    account    of    the    sufferings   and   persecution   of    John   1778. 

Champneys,  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  inflicted  by  order  of    '-''^ 
congress,   for  his  refusal  to  take  up  arms  in  defence  of  the 
arbitrary  proceedings  carried  on   by  the  rulers  of  the  said 
place.     Together  with  his  protest,  &c.  .  No  place. 

8vo.  pp.  20. 
A  person  similarly  situated  to  the  Philadelphia  Quakers.     See  No.  15, 
1777. 

14  Collection  of  papers,  that  have  been  published  at  different 

times,  relating  to  his  Majesty's  commissioners,  &c. 
Svo.  pp.  64.  New  York. 

15  The  present  state  of  the  West  Indies:    containing  an 

accurate  description  of  what  parts  are  possessed  by  the  several 
powers  of  Europe.  The  materials  collected  on  the  spot 
during  the  last  war  by  some  of  the  officers  of  his  Majesty's 
forces,  and  diligently  compared  with  all  authentic  narrators. 
Illustrated  with  a  complete  map  of  the  West  Indies,  done 

from  the  latest  observations.  .  Baldwin, . 

Quarto,  pp.  95. 

16  Letters  on  the  American  war.     Addressed  to  the  mayor 

and  corporation,  and  to  the  worthy  burgesses  of  the  town 
of  Kingston  upon   Hull.      By  David  Hartley,  esq.  M.P.  for 

Hull.  ....  Almon, . 

Quarto,  pp.  92. 

With  the  author's  autograph  to  each  letter. 
"  In  these  letters  Mr.  Hartley  lays  before  bis  constituents  the  proceedings 
of  the  several  sessions  of  this  parliament  with  respect  to  the  American 
war,  in  order  to  prove  that  whatever  deceptions  may,  from  time  to  time, 
have  been  used,  or  whatever  pretexts  may  have  been  held  out,  coercion, 
and  not  reconciliation,  was  from  the  very  first  the  secret  and  adopted 
plan,  and  tbis  plan  hath  ever  since  been  systematically  and  inflexibly 
pursued."  M.R. 

17  The  West  India  Merchant.     Being  a  collection  of  papers, 

originally  published  under  that  signature,  in  the  London 
Evening  Post.     With  corrections  and  notes  by  the  author. 

Svo.  Almon, . 

Most  of  these  papers  were  originally  published  in  the  year  1766.  The 
main  design  of  the  author  is  to  reprobate  in  every  view  the  American 
war. 

18  A  letter  to  the  people  of  America,  lately  printed  at  New 


206  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

J 778.           York;  now  republished  by  an  American.    With  a  postscript, 
by  the  editor.     Addressed  to  Sir  W —  H — . 
8vo.  Becket, . 

"  The  author  earnestly  admonishes  and  exhorts  the  revolted  Americans  to 
make  it  up  with  us  ;  endeavouring  to  convince  them,  by  every  popular 
argument,  that  nothing  but  immediate  reconciliation  can  save  them  from 
destruction."  M.  R. 

19  Anticipation;  containing  the  substance  of  his  M  —  y's 
most  gracious  speech  to  both  H  —  s  of  P  —  1  —  t,  on  the 
opening  of  the  approaching  session  :  together  with  a  full  and 
authentic  account  of  the  debate  which  will  take  place  in  the 
H  —  e  of  C  —  8  on  the  motion  for  the  address,  and  the 
amendment.     With  notes.  .  Becket, . 

8vo.  pp.  74. 

Chalmers,  speaking  of  Richard  Tickell,  says  "that  which  raised  him  to 
immediate  celebrity  was  his  admirable  political  pamphlet,  called  Antici- 
pation;  in  which,  with  the  most  successful  humour,  ho  imitated  the  man- 
ner of  the  principal  speakers  in  parliament,  and  defeated  the  force  of  the 
arguments  of  the  opposition,  by  pre-occupying  them."     Biog.  Diet. 

20  The  general  introduction  and  supplement  to  the  two 
tracts  on  Civil  Liberty,  the  War  with  America,  and  the 
Finances  of  the  Kingdom.     By  Richard  Price,  D.D.,  F.R.S. 

8vo.  pp.  62.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

See  No.  16  of  1776,  and  24  of  1777.  It  appears  that  Dr.  Price's  tracts  went 
through ybur teen  editions  in  three  months.  In  this  introduction  the  Doctor 
says,  "  we  now  see  a  great  people  likely  to  be  formed,  in  spite  of  all  our 
efforts,  into  free  communities,  under  governments  which  have  no  reli- 
gious tests  and  establishments  ! — A  new  a?ra  in  future  annals,  and  a  new 
opening  in  human  affairs,  beginning  among  the  descendants  of  Englishmen 
in  a  new  world !  A  rising  empire,  extending  over  an  immense  continent, 
without  Bishops, — without  Nobles, — and  without  Kings." 

21  The  case  stated  on  philosophical  ground,  between  Great 
Britain  and  her  colonies,  &c.  .  Kearsley, . 

8vo. 

"The  rhapsody  of  a  vehement  advocate  for  the  independency  of  the  colo- 
nies, -abounding  in  hard  words  and  unintelligible  expressions."  M.Ji. 

22  Plan  of  reunion  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies. 
8vo.  Murray, . 

"The  plan  of  an  outrageous  ministerial  politician,  blessed  with  a  lively 
imagination,  strong  passions,  and  a  ])lentiful  lack  of  wisdom."  M.R. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  267 

23  Considerations    on    the  present   state   of    afFairs  between   1778. 

England  and  A  merica.  .  .  Nourse, .    ^-v*/ 

8vo. 
"Against  the  American  war;  sensible,  not  violent  in  favour  of  the  colonies, 
but  totally  against  allowing  their  independency."    M.R.     By  Alexander 
Dalrymple. 

24  A  LETTER  to  the  earl  of  Abingdon,  discussing  a  position  rela- 

tive to  a  fundamental  right  of  the  constitution,  contained  in 
his  lordship's  Thoughts  on  the  letter  of  Edmund  Burke,  esq. 

By  John  Cartwright.  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo. 

By  the  celebrated  patriot,  Major  Cartwright,  in  defence  of  the  right  of  the 
colonists  to  freedom  in  trade. 

25  The  memorial  of  Common  Sense,  on  the  present  crisis, 
8vo.  pp.  29.  .  .  .  Almon, 


"  Warmly  urges,  from  a  melancholy  review  of  the  present  situation  of  our 
public  affuirs,  a  full  acquiescence  in  the  American  claim  of  independ- 
ence." M.R. 

26  Unanimity  in  all  the  parts  of  the  British  'Commonwealth, 

necessary  to  their  preservation,  interest,  and  happiness,  and 
absolutely  depending  on  the  wisdom  and  spirit  with  which 
the  present  period  of  time  is  improved.     Addressed  to  the 

king,  parliament,  and  people.  .         W.  Davis, . 

Svo. 

27  The  conciliatory  bills  considered.  Cadell, -. 

Svo.  pp.  39. 

A  partial  review  and  defence  of  the  conduct  of  administration. 

28  An  impartial  sketch  of  the  various  indulgences  granted  by 

Great  Britain  to  the  colonies,  upon  which  they  have  founded 
their  presumption  of  soaring  towards  independence. 
8vo.  Davenhill, . 

This  author  is  of  opinion  that  long  winters,  reading,  writing,  and  praying, 
are  great  incentives  to  sedition ;  for,  says  he,  you'll  not  meet  with  a 
New  Englander  but  has  the  Bible  by  heart,  and  all  the  laws  of  his  pro- 
vince. From  which  the  Monthly  Reviewer  infers  that  "  they  are  well 
acquainted  with  their  duty  to  God  and  the  laws  of  their  country,  but  do 
not  understand  one  word  of  unconditional  obedience  to  the  parliament  of 
Great  Britain." 

29  Remarks  upon  General  Howe's  account  of  his  proceedings  on 


268  Bihliothcca  Americana  Nova. 

1778.  Long  Island,  in  the  Extraordinary  Gazette  of  October  lOtli, 

'^'^  1776.  ....  Fielding, . 

8vo.  pp.  54. 

By  Israel  Mauduit,  esq. 

30  The  substance  of  General  Burgoyne's  speeches,  &c.  on  Mr. 

Vyncr's  motion,  on  the  26th  of  May ;  and  upon  Mr. 
Hartley's  motion,  on  the  28th  of  May,  1778.  With  an 
appendix,  containing  General  Washington's  letter  to  General 

Burgoyne,  &c.  .  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  48. 

31  A  LETTER  to  Lord  George  Germaine,  giving  an  account  of 

the  origin  of  the  dispute  between  Great  Britain  and  the  colo- 
nies ;  with  some  remarks  on  the  manner  in  which  the  war 
has  been  conducted.  To  which  are  added,  certain  terms 
humbly  proposed  as  a  ground-work  of  a  reconciliation.  By 
a  gentleman  for  many  years  a  resident  in  America. 

8vo.  ....  Whieldon, 

A  defence  of  the  measures  of  the  British  government,  in  which  the  writer 
recommends  that  the  independency  of  the  Americans  should  never  he  ac- 
ceded to. 

32  Proposals  for  a  plan  of  reconciliation  and  re-unicn  with  the 

thirteen  provinces  of  America,  and  for  an  union  with  the  other 

colonies.     By  one  of  the  public.  .         Kearsley, . 

8vo. 
"  If  the  author  of  this  pamphlet  is  not  one  of  the  American  commissioners, 
he  seems  very,  very  proper  to  be  added  to  their  number.  Modesty,  per- 
spicuity, an  extensive  knowledge  of  the  subject,  and  a  love  of  liberty, 
characterise  these  proposals,  and  render  them  worthy  tlie  serious  and 
candid  consideration  of  every  one  who  wishes  well  to  the  British 
empire."  M.R. 

33  Address  to  the  rulers  of  the  state:  in  which  their  conduct  and 

measures,  the  principles  and  abilities  of  their  opponents,  and 
the  real  interest  of  England,  with  regard  to  America,  and  her 
natural  enemies,  are  freely  canvassed.     By  a  friend  to  Great 

Britain.  ....  Bew, . 

Quarto. 
"  This  writer  recommends  most  earnestly  an  effectual  reconciliation  with  tlie 
Americans,  by  the  most  ample  and  unreserved  concessions  on  our  part, 
even  the  granting  them  (what  thoy  are  already  in  possession  of)  tlicir 
favourite  independency."  M.l{. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  269 

34  Thoughts  on  the  present  state  of  affairs  with  America,  and   1778. 

the  means  of  conciliation.         .  .         Dodsley,  .    ■^'^ 

8vo.  pp.  100. 
"This  very  candid  author,  (William  Pulteney,  esq.)  a  memher  of  par- 
liament for  Shrewsbury,  appears  to  have  \7ritten  on  purpose  to  prepare 
our  minds  for  a  plan  of  reconciliation,  which,  it  is  much  to  be  appre- 
hended, will  come  too  late  to  prevent  the  loss  of  America.  In  the  appen- 
dix to  this  pamphlet  are  some  letters  written  by  Dr.  Franklin  to  Gov. 
Shirley,  in  1754,  in  which  the  objections  of  the  Americans  to  being  taxed 
are  so  fully,  ably,  and  clearly  stated,  that,  as  our  author  says,  those  who 
read  them  with  attention,  will  probably  think  that  hardly  anything  new 
has  since  been  suggested  on  the  subject."  M.R. 

35  An  appeal  to  reason  and  justice,  in  behalf  of  the  British  con- 

stitution and  the  subjects  of  the  British  empire.  In  which 
the  present  important  contest  with  the  revolted  colonies  is 
impartially  considered,  the  inconsistency  of  modern  patriotism 
is  demonstrated,  the  supremacy  of  parliament  is  asserted  on 
revolution  principles,  and  American  independence  is  proved 
to  be  a  manifest  violation  of  the  rights  of  British  subjects. 
To  which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing  remarks  on  a 
pamphlet,  intitled  Thoughts  on  the  present  state  of  affairs 

with  America,  by  William  Pulteney,  esq.       Nicoll, . 

Svo.  pp. 
*'  The  writer  of  this  elaborate  appeal  traverses  again  the  beaten  ground  of 
this  exhausted  controversy,  in  order  to  demonstrate  the  injustice  and  in- 
gratitude of  the  rebellious  Americans  toward  their  very  loving  and  indul- 
gent parent.  He  was  not  probably  aware  that  the  pamphlet  on  which  he 
animadverts  has  generally  been  considered  as  a  ministerial  production, 
and  the  harbinger  of  conciliatory  proposals."  M.R. 

36  Great  Britain  undeceived  in  the  conduct  of  government  and 

the  views  of  America.  Including  occasional  strictures  on  the 
prevailing  sects,  a  cursory  hint  for  regulating  the  police  of 
London,  and  a  plan  for  the  speedy  termination  of  the  present 
unhappy  contest.  In  an  epistle  to  the  right  honourable  Lord 
N  *  *  *  *,  suggested  by  the  late  proposal  for  an  accommo- 
dation. ....  Cadell, . 

12mo. 

The  writer  contends  for  the  most  determined  persecution  of  the  American 

war,  in  order,  at  all  hazards,  and  at  whatever  expense,  to  reduce  the 

colonies  to  unconditional  submission.     The  means  he  points  out  are  to 

•lay  waste,  burn,  and  destroy,  through  all  the  coasts  of  the  thirteen 


270  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 778.  states,  but  on  New  England  in  particular  tliis  good  Christian  soul  would 

>^/^  pour  the  utmost  severity  of  vengeance  ;  and  Velenda  est  Bostoiiia  !  is  re- 

peatedly sounded  in  the  ears  of  tlie  noble  statesman  to  whom  this  burn- 
ing, sinking,  and  destroying  proposal  is  addressed."  M.R. 

37  Considerations  on  the  mode  and  terms  of  a  treaty  of  peace 

with  America.     The  second  edition.         .         Dilly,  • . 

8vo.  pp.  30.  6d. 

38  The  voice  of  the  ministry;    being  an  expostulatory  address 

to  an  unpopular  minister,  on  occasion  of  an  impolitic  war. 
An  original  poem,  never  before  published. 

8vo.  Is.  Fielding, . 

"  Good  sentiments  and  bad  verse,  in  defence  of  the  cause  of  revolted 
America."  M.R. 

39  An  examination  into  the  conduct  of  the  present  administra- 

tion, from  the  year  1774  to  the  year  1778.  And  a  plan  of 
accommodation  with  America.  By  a  member  of  parlia- 
ment. ....  Almon, . 

Svo.  pp.  69. 
This  writer  proposes  that  the  whole  force  of  Great  Britain  should  be  em- 
ployed against  France.     France  being  subdued,  the  Americans,  he  con- 
cludes, will  naturally  propose  such  terms  of  union  as  could  be  accepted, 
without  derogating  from  the  national  dignity  or  interest. 

40  The  dominion  of  Providence  over  the  passions  of  men.     A 

sermon   preached  at  Princetown,   May  17,  1775,  being  the 
general  fast  appointed  by  the  congress  through  the  united 
colonies.     By  John  Witherspoon,  D.D.,  &c. 
Svo.  pp.  44.  Fielding, . 

41  An   address  to  the  natives  of  Scotland   residing  in  America; 

being  an  appendix  to  a  sermon  preached  at  Princetown,  on 
a  general  fast  appointed  by  the  congress.  By  John 
Witherspoon,  D.D.,  president  of  the  college  at  New  Jersey. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Fielding, . 

I)r.  Witherspoon  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  signers  of  the  declaration  of 
independence,  and  by  numerous  other  works. 

42  Remarks  on  an  essay  intituled  The  history  of  the  colonization 

of  the  free  states  of  antiquity,   Sjc.  By   John   Symonds, 

LL.D.,  professor  of   Modern    History  in    the    university    of 

Cambridge.  .  .  .  Payne, . 

Quarto. 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  271 

43  Letters  in  answer  to  Dr.  Price's   two  pamphlets   on  civil   1778. 

liberty,  &c.  With  remarks  on  the  parliamentary  debates  of 
last  session,  as  they  appeared  in  the  newspapers.  Also  copies 
of  four  letters  concerning  the  slavery  of  the  colliers,  &c.  ad- 
dressed to  the  members  of  the  House  of  Commons,  in  the 

year  1774.     By  John  Stevenson.  .         Burnet, . 

8vo. 

A  defence  of  the  measures  of  the  British  government,  with  respect  to 
America,  by  a  dissenter,  in  opposition  to  Dr.  Price. 

44  Plain  English.     A  letter  to  the  king.  (London.) 
8vo.  pp.  xxxvii.  and  53. 

The  letter  was  printed  in  1775 ,  but  was  not  published  for  fear  of  displeasing 
a  gentleman  to  whom  the  author  was  under  many  obligations.  The 
preface  was  printed  in  1778,  with  the  intention  of  publishing  the  whole, 
which,  however,  was  not  done,  "  the  author  fearing  still,  after  he  had 
written  the  preface,  that  the  gentleman  referred  to  might  still  be  dis- 
pleased with  the  publication,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  declared  him- 
self indifferent  to  its  appearing."  MS.  note. — It  is  principally  a  reply 
to  Dr.  Johnson's  Taxation  no  Tyranny.     Signed  Sincerus. 

45  Recueil  des  loix  constitutives  des  colonies  Angloises,  con- 

federees  sous    a  denomination   d'Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique 
Septentrionale.     Auquel  on  a  jointles  actes  d'independance, 
de  confederation,  &  autres  actes  du  congres  general,  traduit 
de  I'Anglois.     Dedie  ^  M.  le  Dr.  Franklin. 
1 2mo.  pp.  370.  Pkiladelphie  (Paris.) 

The  dedication  is  signed  Regnier. 

46  La  science  du  bon  homme  Richard,  raoyen  facile  de  payer 

les  imp6ts.     Traduit  de  I'Anglois.  Pkiladelphie  {Paris.) 

12rao.  pp.  151. 
This  volume  contains  also  the  examination  of  Dr.  Franklin  before  the 
British  parliament,  in  1766.  Translated  by  Dupont  de  Nemours. — The 
constitution  of  Pennsylvania,  as  established  in  1776. — And  the  examina- 
tion of  Mr.  PeuD,  at  the  bar  of  parliament,  in  1776.  Translated  by  MM. 
Quetant  and  Lecuy. 

47  AsRici  DE  LA  revolution  de  I'Amerique  Angloise,  depuis  le 

commencement  de  I'annee  1774,  jusqu'au  premier  Janvier 

1778.     Par  M.  •**,  Americain.  .  .  Paris. 

12mo.  pp.  452. 

The  author,  (M.  </it  Dnissoii,  according  toBurbier,)  says,  in  his  preface,  that 

"the  French  nation  knew  so   little  of  the  people  with  whom  their  sove- 


272  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1778.  reign  had  just  formed  an  alliance,  that  they  applied  the  name  of  Bo%tonian 

\^/m^  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  thirteen  provinces,  when  of  right  it  belonged 

only  to  those  of  the  province  of  Massachusetts.''     At  the  end  of  the  work 
is  a  copy  of  the  treaty  with  France,  which  was  made  in  this  year. 

48  CoRRESPONDANCE    DE    Fernand   Cort£s   avec   I'Empereur 

Charles-Quint,  sur  la  conquete  du  Mexique,  Traduite  par 
M.  le  Vicomte  de  Flavigny.  .  .  Paris. 

12mo.  pp.  508. 
Translated  from  Lorenzana's  edition  of  the  letters  of  Cortez,  printed  at 
Mexico  in  1770. 

49  Tableau  historique  et  politique  de  I'etat  ancien  et  actuel 

de  la  colonic  de  Surinam,  et  des  causes  de  sa  decadence; 
par  Phelippe  Fermin.  .  .  Maestricht, 

8vo.  pp.  392. 
Intended  as  a  supplement  to  the  former  work  of  M.  Fermin  on  the  same 
colony.     See  No.  33  of  1769. 

50  Relation,   &c.     Par  M.  de  la  Condamine,  (see   1745,)  &c. 

Nouvelle  edition,  augmentee  de  la  relation  de  rcmeute  popu- 
laire  de  Cuenca  au  Perou,  et  d'une  lettre  de  M,  Godin  des 
Odonais,  contenant  la  relation  du  voyage  de  Madame  Godin, 
son  epouse,  &c.  .  .  .  Maestricht. 

Svo. 

51  L'liisTOiRE  DE  l'Amerique,  par  M.  Robertson.     Traduite  de 

I'Anglois.  .....  Paris. 

Quarto,  2  vols. 

Translated  by  Suard  and  Jansen. 

52  Storia  di  America  del  dottore  Guglielmo  Robertson  tradotta 

dair  originale  Inglcse  dall'Abate  Antonio  Pillori,  Fiorentino. 
Svo.  4  vols.  Veneziu. 

The  portraits  at  the  beginning  of  each  volume,  which  the  editor  speaks  of  as 
a  recommendation  of  his  edition,  are  from  imagination. 

53  NoTiciA  del  establecimiento  y  poblacion  de  las  colonias 

Inglesas  en  la  America  septentrional  ;  religion,  orden  de  go- 
bierno  leyes  y  costumbres  de  sus  naturales  y  habitantes  ;  cali- 
dddes  de  su  clima,  terreno,  frutos,  plantas  y  animales;  y  es- 
tado  de  su  industria,  artes,  comercio  y  navigacion.  Sacada 
devarios  autorcs  por  D.  Franco.  Alvarez.  .         Madrid. 

Small  Quarto,  pp.  196. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  273 

54  Tardes  Amebic  an  as:    Gobierno  gentil  y  Catolico:  breve  y    1778. 

particular  noticia  de  toda  la  historia  Indiana.     Sucesos,  casos    '^*' 
notables,  y  cosas  ignoradas,  desde  la  entrada  de  la  Gran 
Nacion  Tulteca  k  esta  tierra  de  Anahuac,  hasta  los  presentes 
tiempos.     Trabajadas  por  un  Indio  y  un  Espafiol.     Sacalas 
a  luz  El  M.  R.  P.  Fr.  Joseph  Joaquin  Granados  y  Galvez,  pre- 
dicador,   &c.  y  guardian  que  fue  de  los  conventos  de  Xiquil- 
pan,  Valladolid,  Rio-verde,  y  custodio  de  todas  sus  misiones, 
&c.  .....  Mexico. 

Quarto. 
A  scarce  and  curious  work  relating  to  the  early  history  of  the  Mexicans, 
unknown  to  Clavigero,  and  not  mentioned  by  Meusel. 

55  Reglamento  y  aranceles  reales  para  el  comercio  libre  de 

Espana  k  Indias  de  12  de  Ocmbre  de  1778.        .         Madrid. 
Folio,  pp.  262. 


MDCCLXXIX. 

1  An  historical  account  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  colonies 

of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  2  voU. 
By  Alexander  Hewatt,  who  was  for  some  time  a  resident  at  Charlestown, 
S.  C.     Probably  the  Rev.  Alex.  Hewatt,  D.D.  the  author  of  two  volumes 
of  sermons,  printed  in  1803-5. 

2  The  history  of  the  war  in  America,  between  Great  Britain 

and  her  colonies,  from  its  commencement  to  the  end  of  the 
year  1778.     In  which  its  origin,  progress,  and  operations  are 
faithfully  related ;    together  with  anecdotes  and  characters  of 
the  different  commanders,   and  accounts  of  such  personages 
in  congress  as  have  distinguished  themselves  during  the  con- 
test.    To  which  is  added,  a  collection  of  interesting  and  au- 
thentic  papers  tending  to  elucidate  the  history.       In  two 
volumes.  .....  Dublin. 

8vo. 
"  Printed  for  the  company  of  booksellers."  After  part  of  the  first  chapter 
of  part  II.  of  this  work  was  printed,  the  author  appears  to  have  changed 
his  mind,  and  commences  anew  witli  another  chapter  i.  and  anew  paging, 
leaving  the  unfinished  chapter,  apparently  to  avoid  the  necessity  of  re- 
printing  the  sheet. 


274  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1779.   3  Historical  anecdotes,  civil  and  military.       In  a  series  of 

"^^^  letters,  written  from  America,  in  the  years  1777  and  1778,  to 

different  persons  in  England;  containing  observations  on  the 

general  management  of  the  war,  and  on  the  conduct  of  our 

principal  commanders,  in  the  revolted  colonies. 

8vo.  Bew, . 

"These  letters  seem  to  have  been  written  by  a  zealous  North  British 
Loyalist ;  who  chooses  to  demonstrate  his  aversion  to  the  rebels  and  their 
cause,  by  bestowing,  most  liberally  on  both,  the  choicest  flowers  of 
scurrility."  M.R. 

4  The  compleat  pilot  for  the  Gulf  passage,  or  directions  for 

sailing  through  the  Gulf  of  Florida,  or  New  Bahama  channel, 
and  the  neighbouring   parts.      By  Capt.  Bernard  Romans, 

Capt.  W.  Gerard  de  Brahm,  &c.  R.  Sayer, , 

8vo.  pj).  60. 

5  Authentic  memoirs  of  Capt.  Paul  Jones,  the  American  corsair. 

Containing  his  numerous  exploits  and  surprising  revolutions 
of  fortune  in  England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  France,  &c.  By 
Mr.Theophilus  Smart,  who  escaped  from  Jones's  vessel  a  few 

moments  before  she  sunk.  .  .         Hogg, . 

Svo.  portrait. 

Probably  a  fictitious  narrative. 

6  Political  and  philosophical  speculations  on  the  distinguish- 

ing characteristics  of  the  present  century;  and  on  the  state 
of  legislation,  military  establishments,  finances,  and  com- 
merce, in  Europe  ;  with  occasional  reflections  on  the  proba- 
ble effects  of  American  independency.     By  Mr.  Linguet,  late 

of  the  parliament  of  Paris.  Fielding  and  Co. . 

Small  Svo. 

From  the  Annalei  Politiques,  Civiles  et  Litteraires  du  18me  Siecle. 

7  The  maritime  Campaign  of  1778.     A  collection  of  all  the 

papers  relative  to  the  operations  of  the  English  and  French 
fleets.  To  which  are  added,  strictures  on  the  publication 
made  in  France,  by  order  of  the  ministry,  concerning  the  en- 
gagement on  the  27th  of  July ;  illustrated  with  charts  and 
plans  on  six  copper-plates.     By  J.  M.,  a  lieutenant  in  the 

fleet.  ....  Faden, . 

Folio. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  275 

8  A  FULL  VINDICATION  of  the  R.  H.  General's  conduct,  against  1779. 

the  attacks  of  an  anonymous  libeller ;  who,  in  a  letter  to  the 

printer  of  the  London  Chronicle,  Jan.  28,  1779,  stiles  himself 

♦*  a  friend  to  Great  Britain."     By  a  Friend  to  truth. 

8vo. 

General  Howe's  military  operations  in  America  are  here  ironically  de- 
fended. 

9  Candid  and  impartial  narrative  of  the  transactions  of  the 

fleet  under  the  command  of  Lord  Howe,  from  the  arrival  of 
the  Toulon  squadron  on  the  coast  of  America,  to  the  time  of 
his  lordship's  departure  for  England.     With  observations  by 

an  officer  then  serving  in  the  fleet.  Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  44. 
Praises  Lord  Howe,  and  abuses  the  ministry,  particularly  Lord  Sandwich. 

10  A  LETTER  to  the  right  honourable  Lord  Viscount  H — e,  on  his 

naval  conduct  in  the  American  war.  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  50. 
Charges  Admiral  Howe  (as  his  brother,  the  general,  had  been  charged  be- 
fore), with  the  most  palpable  and  criminal  negligence  and  misconduct,  in 
regard  to  the  prosecution  of  the  American  war ;  leaving  the  reader  to 
account  for  it,  if  he  can,  from  connexions  with  opposition  at  home,  from 
ucret  favour  to  the  American  defection,  from  views  of  private  interest,  or 
from  the  co-operation  of  all  these  unworthy  principles.  Supposed  to 
hare  been  written  by  Joseph  Galloway. 

11  Observations  upon  the  conduct  of  S — r  W — m  H — e  at  the 

White  Plains;    as  related  in  the  Gazette  of  December  30th, 

1776.  ....  Bew, . 

8vo.  pp.  44. 

By  Israel  Mauduit,  esq. 

12  Two  LETTERS  from  Agricola  to  Sir  William   Howe  ;    to  which 

are  annexed,  by  the  same  author,  Political  Observations. 

8vo.  pp.  63.  .  .  .  Millidge, . 

"  The  author  ia  very  severe  on  Sir  William  Howe,  whom  he  charges  with 
the  most  shameful  indolence  and  langour,  in  the  conduct  of  the  American 
war,  which  he  accuses  him  of  protracting,  to  the  utter  distress  and  igno- 
miny of  his  country,  while  possessed  of  every  superiority  and  advantage 
for  putting  a  speedy  and  glorious  end  to  the  contest.  General  Burgoyne 
comes  in  for  a  share  of  the  condemnation  here  passed  on  the  late  com- 
manders of  the  two  British  armies  in  America.  Colonel  Barre  likewise, 
and  other  leaders  of  opposition,  are  involved  in  the  stream  of  censure  so 


276  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

]77Q  liberally  poared  on  all  those  who  appear  to  the  author  to  have  conducted 

themselves  as  unprofitable  servants  of  the  British  commonwealth,  with 
respect  to  the  American  revolt,  and  its  consequences,  so  far  as  they  are 
already  manifested."  M.R. 

13  A  VIEW  of  the  evidence  relative  to  the  conduct  of  the  American 
war,  under  Sir  William  Howe,  Lord  Viscount  Howe,  and 
General  Burgoyne ;  as  given  before  a  committee  of  the 
House  of  Commons,  last  session  of  Parliament.  To  which 
is  added,  a  collection  of  fugitive  pieces,  that  are  said  to  have 
given  rise  to  this  important  inquiry. 

8vo.  Richardson,  &c. . 

"Praise  is  due  to  the  editor  of  this  publication,  for  the  care  and  attention 
which  he  has  manifested  in  digesting  the  very  important  materials  of 
which  it  is  composed.  He  has  introduced  them  by  a  proper  summary  of 
the  contents.  He  has  pointed  by  marginal  notes  to  the  most  essential  and 
striking  facts,  and  he  has  illustrated  the  evidence  of  the  officers  and  other 
gentlemen,  by  the  addition  of  many  occasional  remarks  and  strictures, 
published  as  events  occurred,  and  especially  by  letters  from  Boston,  New 
York,  &c.  which  contain  very  pertinent  but  severe  comments  on  the 
conduct  of  our  commanders  in  chief.  It  is  a  melancholy  retrospect  which 
is  here  given  of  our  military  exploits  in  attempting  to  reduce  the  revolted 
colonies."  M.R. 

14  Examination  of  Lieut.  General  the  Earl  of  Cornwallis,  be- 
fore the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons,  upon  Sir 
William  Howe's  papers.  .  .  Robson, . 

8vo. 

15  The  examination  of  Joseph  Galloway,  esq.,  late  speaker  of 
the  House  of  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania,  before  the  House  of 
Commons,  in  a  committee  on  the  American  papers.  With 
explanatory  notes.  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  85. 
"Mr.  Galloway  was  a  member  of  Congress;  he  came  over  to  the  royal 
army  in  December,  1776,  and  continued  with  it  till  t)ie  evacuation  of 
Philadelphia,  in  June,  1778;  abandoning  his  estate  and  property  in 
America,  to  the  value,  as  he  declared  to  the  Committee,  of  above  forty 
thousand  pounds  sterling.  Besides  Mr.  Galloway's  very  important 
evidence,  this  pamphlet  contains  many  useful  and  interesting  notes  rela- 
lative  to  the  conduct  of  the  war  in  America,  the  situations  and  move- 
ments of  the  British  troops,  the  circumstances  of  the  friends  to  govern- 
ment, the  proceedings  of  the  Congress,  their  adherents,  tbeir  forces,  &c. 
The  result  of  this  examination  and  inquiry  is  by  no  means  favourable  to 
the  commander  of  the  royal  army."  M.R. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  277 

16  Strictures  ON  the  Philadelphia  Mischianza,  or  triumph 

upon  leaving  America  unconquered.  With  extracts,  containing    _^* 
the  principal  part  of  a  letter  published  in  the  American  Crisis, 
in  order  to  shew  how  far  the  king's  enemies  think  his  General 

deserving  of  public  honours.  .  Bew, . 

8vo.  pp.  42. 
A  catchpenny  pamphlet,  according  to  the  Monthly  Review,  supposed  to  be 

written  by  Israel  Mauduit. 
Sometime  before  General  Howe  left  Philadelphia  and  the  command  of  the 
army,  the  officers  gave  him  a  splendid  and  singular  entertainment,  which, 
as  it  consisted  of  a  variety  of  parts,  was  called  the  Mischianza  (medley.) 
It  far  exceeded  anything  that  had  been  seen  in  the  Western  world,  and 
even  rivalled  the  magnificent  exhibitions  of  that  voluptuous  monarch, 
Louis  XIV.  It  was  confined  to  such  spectators  only  as  were  favoured 
with  tickets  of  admission,  which  were  decorated  with  a  sun  just  verging 
towards  the  horizon,  with  this  inscription :  Luceo  descendens  aucto  tplen- 
dore  resurgam. 

17  Letters  to  a  nobleman,    on  the  conduct  of  the  war  in  the 

middle  colonies.  .  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  101,  and  map. 
"  Advertisement.  An  attempt  has  been  made  in  the  House  of  Commons 
to  establish  the  following  propositions.  That  the  revolted  colonies  are 
naturally  so  strong  as  to  be  impracticable  by  war ;  that  their  inhabitants 
are  almost  universally  disaffected  to  the  British  government ;  and  that 
the  force  sent  over  to  suppress  the  rebellion  has  been,  by  no  means,  equal 
to  the  object.  This  attempt,  as  soon  as  made,  appeared  to  the  writer 
of  the  following  letters  to  involve  several  matters  of  the  utmost  importance  to 
the  nation.  It  was  intended  to  conceal  from  the  public  eye  the  shameful 
misconduct  of  the  American  war,  to  place  to  the  account  of  the  adminis« 
tration  all  the  national  misfortunes  which  were  founded  only  in  that  mis- 
conduct, to  prove  that  the  rebellion  cannot  be  suppressed  by  the  force  of 
this  country ;  and,  of  course,  to  demonstrate  the  disgraceful  necessity  of 
of  suffering  two  thirds  of  the  British  territory  to  be  dismembered  by 
rebellion  from  the  dominion  of  the  state.  To  prove  the  reverse  of  these 
propositions ;  to  place  the  present  national  danger  to  the  account  of  those^ 
to  whose  conduct  alone  it  can  be  with  justice  imputed,  and  to  expose  to 
public  view  an  attempt  so  inconsistent  with  the  safety  of  the  empire  is  the 
design  of  publishing  these  letters.  If  the  facts  stated,  and  the  arguments 
deduced  from  them,  shall  apply  to  those  purposes,  the  end  proposed  by 
the  writer  will  be  fully  answered." 

Supposed  to  be  written  by  Joseph  Galloway. 

18  Considerations  on  the  American  inquiry. 

8vo.  pp.  56.  Wilkie, . 

The  inquiry  alluded  to,  is  the  late  parliamentary  examination  into  the  pro- 


278  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1779.  ceedings  of  the  army  in  America,  under  the  command  of  General  Howe. 

The  main  intent  of  these  Considerations  is  to  prore  the  falsehood  of  the 
assertion,  which  has  been  much  insisted  upon,  that  "  it  is  impossible  to 
subdue  the  colonies." 

19  A  LETTER  from  Lieut.  Gen.  Burgoyne  to  his  constituents,  on 
his  late  resignation;  with  the  correspondence  between  the 
secretaries  of  war  and  him,  relative  to  his  return  to  America. 

8vo.  pp.  37.  Almon, . 

After  Gen.  Burg03me's  surrender  to  the  Americans  he  was  allowed  to 
return  to  England  on  parole.  Thinking  himself  ill-treated  by  the  govern- 
ment, and  having  been  appointed  a  member  of  parliament  for  Preston,  he 
joined  the  Opposition.  Whereupon  an  official  order  was  sent  to  him, 
signifying  that  it  was  the  king's  pleasure  that  he  should  return  to 
America,  and  join  his  captive  army.  He  remonstrated,  and  was  again 
commanded,  and,  in  consequence,  resigned  all  his  civil  and  military  em- 
ployments. He  gives  an  account  of  his  conduct  to  the  public  in  this 
letter,  in  which  he  inveighs  with  bitter  acrimony  against  the  ministers 
of  his  Royal  master.  The  two  following  answers  were  published  soon 
after  its  appearance : 

20  A  LETTER  to  General  Burgoyne,  on  his  letter  to  his  consti- 
tuents. .  .  Becket, . 

8vo.  pp.  35. 
"  Instead  of  the  liberal  manner  of  a  gentleman,  this  writer  attacks  Mr. 
Burgoyne  with  the  ferocity  of  one  of  his  own  savages,  reeking  and  hot 
from  the  murder  of  poor  Miss  Macray."  M.R. 

21  A  REPLY  to  Lieutenant  General  Burgoyne's  letter  to  his  con- 
stituents. ....         Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  46. 
"Tliis  writer  merits  commendation,  for  the  decent  and  candid  strain  in 
which  he  writes.  He  does  not,  like  the  general's  antagonist  above  men- 
tioned, assail  with  a  blunted  tomahawk.  He  cuts  up  like  a  skilful  sur- 
geon, and  dissects  his  subject  with  the  dexterity  of  an  able  anatomist." 
M.R. 

22  A  BRIEF  EXAMINATION  of  the  plan  and  conduct  of  the  Northern 
expedition  in  America,  in  1777;  and  of  the  surrender  of  the 
army  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Burgoyne. 

8vo.  pp.  52.  Hookham, . 

23  Considerations  upon  the  French  and  American  war.  In  a 
letter  to  a  member  of  parliament.         .  Almon, . 

8vo. 
"  If  this  correspondent  with  a  member  of  the  British  Parliament,  is  himself 
a  member  of  the  American  Congress,  he  writes  as  might  be  expected  from 
hi^  character  and  connexions.     He  believes  from  his  heart  that  the  pro- 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  279 

secution  of  the  war  will  be  attended  with  the  ruin  and  downfall  of  this    1779. 
country."  M.R.  ^^^^  * 

24  CoNSiDERATiONg  on  the  present  state  of  public  affairs,  and  the 

means  of   raising   the    necessary    supplies.       By    William 

Pulteney,  esq.  .  .  .  Dodsley, . 

8vo. 

25  A  PROPOSAL    for   peace  between   Great   Britain   and   North 

America;  upon  a  new  plan.     In  a  letter  to  Lord  North.     By 
D.  M.  Knight. 
8vo. 

Mr.  Knight  proposes  that  the  Americans  should  be  acknowledged  a  free 
and  independent  people,  and  that  George  Prince  of  Wales  should  be 
received  hj  them  as  their  sovereign  lord  and  cbief. 

26  A  SHORT  HISTORY  of  the  Opposition,  during  the  last  session  of 

Parliament.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  58. 

Rather  a  picture  than  a  history,  and  that  picture  a  carricature ;  in  which 
the  anti-ministerial  party  makes  but  an  awkward  and  scurvy  appearance. 

27  Observations  on  a  pamphlet  intitled  A  short  history  of  Oppo- 

sition, Sfc.      To  which  is  prefixed,  an  address  to  Messrs. 
Wedderburn,  Gibbon,  and  Macpherson.     By  a  member  of 

Parliament.  .  .  W.  Davis,  . 

8vo. 
"  The  gentlemen  whose  names  are  mentioned  in  tbe  title-page  of  this 
pamphlet  have  been  severally  given,  by  report,  as  the  writers  of  the 
Short  history ;  but  our  observer  fixes  the  performance  on  Mr.  Macpherson, 
the  celebrated  editor  of  Ossian's  Poems,  and  he,  probably,  is  not  a  bad 
guesser,  but  still  it  is  only  guess-work.'^  M.R. 

28  A  SHORT  DEFENCE  of  the  Opposition ;  in  answer  to  a  pamphlet 

intitled  A  short  history  of  the  Opposition.      Almon, . 

8vo.  pp.  80. 

A  serious,  candid,  and  solid  refutation  of  the  Short  History. 

29  Administration   dissected.       In  which  the  grand  national 

culprits  are  laid  open  for  the  public  inspection. 

8vo.  Barker, . 

"A  review  of  the  present  circumstances  and  situation  of  Great  Britain,  so 
far  as  both  have  been  obviously  affected  by  the  conduct  of  government, 
since  the  commencement  of  tbe  unfortunate  war  with  tbe  American  colo- 
nies."  M.R. 


280  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1779.   30  Letters  of  Papinian;    in  which  the  conduct,  present  state, 
and  prospects  of  the  American  Congress  are  examined. 
8vo.  New  York. 

Reprinted  in  London.  According  to  the  account  of  this  writer,  the  conduct 
of  the  Congress  has  been  altogether  Machiavelian,  tyrannical,  and  wicked; 
their  present  state  is  desperate,  and  their  prospects  present  them  only  with 
scenes  of  wretchedness  and  irretrievable  ruin. 

31  Observations  on  American  independency.  Edinburgh. 
Svo. 

"A  North  British  publication  in  favour  of  American  independency;  which 
the  writer  supposes,  on  commercial  principles,  to  be  the  most  advan- 
tageous ground  on  which  we  can  settle  our  diflferences  with  the  revolted 
colonies."  M.R. 

32  Remarks  on  the  rescript  of  the  court  of  Madrid,  and  the 
manifesto  of  the  court  of  Versailles.  In  a  letter  to  the  people 
of  Great  Britain.  To  which  is  added,  an  appendix,  contain- 
ing the  rescript,  the  manifesto,  and  a  memorial  of  Dr. 
Frankl?/n  to  the  court  of  Versailles.  Cadell, . 

Svo.  pp.  91. 
"  The  very  ingenious  and  spirited  author  of  these  remarks  observes,  in  his 
preface,  that  the  rescript  and  manifesto,  above  mentioned,  are  intended  to 
work  upon  the  understandings  and  affections  of  four  distinct  classes  of 
men:  the  rulers  of  other  states,  the  subjects  of  their  own  dominions,  his 
Majesty's  rebellious  subjects  in  America,  and  his  loyal  subjects  in  every 
part  of  his  dominions.  In  pointing  out  to  his  countrymen  the  insolence 
of  style,  the  fallacy  of  argument,  and  the  grossness  of  misrepresentation, 
which  strongly  mark  both  these  papers,  the  remarker  employs  the  united 
force  of  reason  and  ridicule,  aided  by  the  powers  and  embellishments  of 
oratory."  M.R. 

33  A  FULL  ANSWER  to  the  King  of  Spain's  last  manifesto,  respect- 
ing the  Bay  of  Honduras  and  the  Mosquito  Shore;  in  which 
all  the  accusations  brought  against  the  subjects  of  Great 
Britain  settled  in  the  bay  of  Honduras,  and  against  the 
ancient  British  settlements  in  the  free  and  independent  do- 
minions of  the  Mosquito  Shore,  are  candidly  stated  and 
refuted;  and  the  importance  of  the  Mosquito  Shore  to  Great 
Britain  delineated  and  ascertained.  .         Cadell, . 

Svo. 
A  very  sensible  and  spirited  refutation  of  the  king  of  Spain's  manifesto,  as 
far  as  regards  the  subjects  mentioned  in  the  title-page.     The  author, 
however,  zealously  presses  our  perseverance  in  carrving  on  the  niinous 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  281 

and  (in  the  opinion  of  many   well-informed  people)   hopeleu  war  in    1779. 
America. 

34  Observations  on  the  answer  of  the  King  of  Great  Britain  to 

the  Manifesto,  Sfc.  of  the  court  of  Versailles.  By  an  Inde- 
pendent Whig.  .  .  Fielding  . 

Quarto. 
"  The  Independent  Whig  is  a  vehement  advocate  for  the  cause  of  the  re- 
volted colonies ;    whose  independency  he  treats  as  a  matter  of  establish- 
ment &sjust  as  it  is  certain."  M.R. 

35  Genuine  abstracts  from  two  speeches  of  the  late  Earl  of 

Chatham ;  and  his  reply  to  the  Earl  of  Suffolk.     With  some 

introductory  observations  and  notes.  Dodsley, . 

8vo. 

36  The  report  of  a  constitution  or  form  of  government  for 

the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  Agreed  upon  by  the 
committee,  to  be  laid  before  the  convention  of  delegates, 
assembled  at  Cambridge,  on  the  first  day  of  September,  a.d. 
1779;    and  continued  by  adjournment  to  the  28th  day  of 

October  following.  .  .  Boston, . 

Quarto,  pp.  50. 

37  The  green  box  of  Monsieur  de  Sartine,  found  at  Mademoi- 

selle Du  7  he's  lodgings.  From  the  French  of  the  Hague 
edition;    revised    and   corrected    by   those   of  Leipsic   and 

Amsterdam.  .  .  .  Becket, . 

8vo. 
A  satirical  work  from  the  ludicrous  pen  of  Mr.  Tickell,  author  of  Anticipa- 
tion.    The  following  is  the  supposed  original  of  this  pamphlet. 

38  La  cassette  verte  de   Monsieur  de  Sartine,   trouvee  chez 

Mademoiselle  du  The.  Sixieme  edition,  revue  &  corrigee  sur 
celles  de  Leipsic  et  d'Amsterdam.  .  A  la  Haye. 

8vo.  pp.  76. 

39  Lettres  d'un  membre  du  Congr^s  Ameriquain,  k  divers  mem- 

bres  du  Parlement  d'Angleterre.         .  A  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  108. 
"  Se  trouve  a  Paris  chez  I'auteur,  maison  de  M.  Bertin,"    By  M.  Vincent, 
of  Rouen.    Barbier. 

40  Memoire  sur  la  navigation  dans  la  Mer  du  Nord  depuis  le 
63*  degre  de  latitude  vers  le  Pole,  &  depuis  le  10  au  100*  dcgre 


282  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1779.  de  longitude.     Avec  une  nouvelle  carte  sur  cette  ^tendue. 

"-^^  Par  M.  le  B.  E.  .  .  .  A  Berne. 

Quarto,  pp.  29,  and  map. 

By  the  Bailly  d'Engel. 

41  HisTORiA  coRO-GRAPHiCA,  natural  y  evangelica  de  la  Nueva 

Andalucia,  provincias  de  Cumana,  Guayana,  y  vertientes  del 
Rio  Orinoco.     Por  el  M.  R.  P.  Fr.  Antonio  Caulin,  etc. 
Folio;   map,  and  3  plates.  {Madrid.) 

The   author  was   several  years  a  missionary  in  the  countries  which  be 
describes.     There  are  copies  of  this  work  on  large  paper. 

42  De  PRiMORDiis  civiTATUM  oRATio.     In  qua  agitur  de  bello 

civili  inter  M.  Britanniam  &  Colonias  nunc  flagranti,  &c.  i.e. 
An  oration  concerning  the  origin  of  states,  in  which  the  author 
treats  of  the  civil  war  between  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies. 
By  James  Dunbar,  professor  of  philosophy  in  the  King's 
College,  Aberdeen.  .  .  Cadell,  ■■ 

Quarto. 

Monthly  Review,  July  1779. 

MDCCLXXX. 

1  Political  annals  of  the  present  united  colonies,  from  their 

settlement  to  the  peace  of  1763.  Compiled  chiefly  from 
records,  and  authorised  often  by  the  insertion  of  state  papers. 
By  George  Chalmers,  esq.  Book  I.  .  London. 

Quarto. 
•<  This  work  is  so  raluable  on  account  of  the  distinctness  of  its  detail,  the 
authenticity  of  its  documents,  and  the  elegant  manner  in  which  it  is 
written,  that  it  is  with  concern  we  remark,  throughout  the  narrative,  the 
most  studied  application  of  every  fact,  which  will  admit  of  it,  to  the  vin- 
dication of  a  principle,  as  warmly  contradicted  by  one  party,  as  it  is 
strenuously  asserted  by  another, — the  right  of  the  British  parliament  to 
tax  America.  Taking  for  granted  principles  which  many  will  be  disposed 
to  contest, — that  a  series  of  precedents  is  of  itself  a  sufficient  foundation  of 
legality,  and  that  it  is  conclusive  to  argue  from  the  manner  in  which  the 
colonies  were  treated  in  their  infancy,  to  that  in  which  they  ought  to  be 
treated  in  their  maturity,  he  takes  every  occasion  which  the  history 
affords  him  of  maintaining  this  right ;  and  thus,  in  indulging  the  warmth 
of  political  disputation,  he  loses  the  dignity  of  history."  M.R. 

2  An  impartial  history  of  the  war  in  America,  between  Great 

Britain  and  her  colonies,  from  its  commencement  to  the  end 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  283 

of  the  year  1779;  exhibiting  a  circumstantial,  connected,  and  1780. 
complete  account  of  the  causes,  rise,  and  progress  of  the  war,  '^^^ 
interspersed  with  anecdotes  and  characters  of  the  different 
commanders ;  and  accounts  of  such  personages  in  congress 
as  have  distinguished  themselves  during  the  contest.  With 
an  appendix,  containing  a  collection  of  interesting  and  au- 
thentic papers,  tending  to  elucidate  the  history.     Illustrated 

by  a  variety  of  copper-plates.  .  Faulder, . 

8vo. 

«A  work,  far  from  being  an  impartial  history,  collected  from  the  most 
common  sources  of  information,  and  put  together  without  any  traces  of 
the  hand  of  an  eminent  master."  M.R. 

3  The  history  of  the  civil  war  in  America,  Vol.  I.     Compre- 

hending the  campaigns  of  1775,  1776,  and  1777.     By  an 

officer  of  the  army.  .  .  Sewell, . 

8vo. 
The  author  said  to  be  Capt.  Hall,  of  General  Howe's  regiment.    It  is 
rather  a  vindication  of  the  measures  of  the  mother-country,  and  conse- 
quently  an  utter  condemnation  of  the  Americans,  than  a  fair  and  equal 
representation.     No  more  than  this  volume  was  published. 

4  The  Political  Magazine,  and  parliamentary,  naval,  military, 

and  literary  journal,  for  the  year  mdcclxxx.       Bew, . 

8vo. 
This  work  appears  to  have  been  published  in  the  tory  interest,  in  opposi- 
tion to  Almon's  Remembrancer.  It  was  continued  down  to  the  year 
1790.  "  Contains  many  documents,  anecdotes,  &c.  connected  with  the 
revolutionary  war,  not  to  be  found  elsewhere."  Col.  AspintoaWi 
catalogue. 

5  The  com  pleat  pilot  for  the  Windward  passage,  or  directions 

for  sailing  through  the  several  passages  to  the  eastward  of 
Jamaica.  By  Captain  Hester,  Mr.  Bishop  &c.  To  which 
are  added,  the  reports  and  descriptive  instructions  of  the 
commanders  sent  by  the  French  government  to  explore  the 
Windward  passages  in  1753  and  1755;  now  first  translated 

into  English.  .  .  .  R.  Sayer, . 

8vo.  pp.  82. 

6  An  historical  account  of  the  Virgin  Islands  in  the  West 

Indies,  from  their  being  settled  by  the  English  near  a  century 
past,  to  their  obtaining  a  legislature  of  their  own,  in  the  year 


284  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1780.  1773;    and  the  lawless  state  in  which  his  Majesty's  subjects 

in  those  islands  have  remained  since  that  time  to  the  present. 

By  George  Suckling,  esq.  .  White, . 

8vo. 
The  descriptive  part  of  this  performance  is  very  brief,  the  historical  detail 
is  more  ample  ;    but  the  main  design  of  the  publication  bears  reference 
immediately  to  the  affairs  of  the  author,  who  was  chief  justice  of  the 
islands  in  question. 

7  A  MEMORIAL  most  humbly  addressed  to  the  Sovereigns  of 
Europe,  on  the  present  state  of  affairs  between  the  Old  and 
New  World.  ,  .  .  Almon, . 

8vo. 
This  pamphlet,  (by  Gov.  Pownal,)  which  presupposes  the  independence  of 
America,  the  editor  says,  was  written  by  a  gentleman  lately  deceased, 
who,  from  some  misfortune  in  his  personal  relations,  left  England,  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  the  Azores.  It  is,  according  to  the  Monthly 
Review,  written  with  so  much  clearness  of  information  and  strength  of 
argument,  that  it  is  probably  the  work  of  some  eminent  master,  who 
chooses  to  conceal  himself  behind  a  peculiar  style,  and  a  fictitious  tale. 

8  A  STATE  OF  THE  EXPEDITION  from  Canada,  as  laid  before  the 
House  of  Commons  by  Lieutenant  General  Burgoyne,  and 
verified  by  evidence;  with  a  collection  of  authentic  docu- 
ments, and  an  addition  of  many  circumstances  which  were 
prevented  from  appearing  before  the  House  by  the  proroga- 
tion of  Parliament.  Written  and  collected  by  himself,  and 
dedicated  to  the  officers  of  the  army  he  commanded. 

Quarto,  pp.  140  and  63,  6  maps. 

"  General  Burgoyne  writes  well :  his  very  interesting  story  is  told  in  a 
masterly  manner,  and  the  materials  of  which  it  is  composed  will  be  held 
in  great  estimation  by  the  historians  who  shall  record  the  events  of  the 
unhappy  war  to  which  they  owe  their  birth.''  M.R. 

9  Remarks  on  General  Burgoyne's  State  of  the  expedition  from 
Canada.  ....         Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

A  criticism  of  the  foregoing  in  defence  of  the  ministry. 

10  A  LETTER  to  Lieutenant  General  Burgoyne,  occasioned  by  a 
second  edition  of  his  State  of  the  expedition  from  Canada. 

Bvo.  Kearsley, , 

The  groat  object  of  this  letter  is  to  defend  Lord  G.  Germaine,  and  govern- 
ment in  general,  from  the  charges  brought  against  them,  in  the  Prefatory 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  285 

speech  to  the  state  of  the  expedition.    The  general  is  attacked  with  great   1780. 
severity,  and  Sir  William  Howe  comes  in  for  a  share  of  the  author's  keen     s^^mtf 
animadversions. 

11  A  SUPPLEMENT  to  the  State  of  the  expedition  from  Canada; 

containing  General  Burgoyne's  orders,  respecting  the  prin- 
cipal movements  and  operations  of  the  army,  to  the  raising  of 

the  siege  of  Ticonderoga.  .  Becket, . 

Quarto. 

12  A  CAWDiD  EXAMINATION  of  the  mutual  claims  of  Great  Britain 

and  the  colonies;  with  a  plan  of  accommodation,  on  consti- 
tutional principles.     By  the  author  of  Letters  to  a  nobleman 

on  the  conduct  of  the  American  war.  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
First  printed  in  New  York  in  1775.      "  The  author,  it  is  supposed,  is 
Mr.  Galloway,  late  a  memher  of  Congress,  and  a  convert  to  the  British 
government.''  M.R. 

13  An  essay  on  the  interests  of    Great  Britain,  in  regard  to 

America ;  or,  an  outline  of  the  terms  on  which  peace  may  be 

restored  to  the  two  countries.  .  Sewell,  . 

8vo. 

•'  After  expatiating,  with  good  sense,  on  the  impolicy  of  our  continuing  the 

war  in  North  America,  the  author  proceeds  to  enumerate  the  terms  on 

which  a  happy  union  between  the  two  countries  might  be  eflfected  ;   and 

which,  he  says,  he  is  well  assured  would  be  received  by  America,"  M.R. 

14  The    detail    and    conduct   of   the  American   war,   under 

Generals  Gage,  Howe,  Burgoyne,  and  Vice- Admiral  Lord 
Howe.  With  a  very  full  and  correct  state  of  the  whole  of 
the  evidence,  as  given  before  a  Committee  of  the  House  of 
Commons;  and  the  celebrated  fugitive  pieces,  which  are  said 
to  have  given  rise  to  that  important  inquiry.  The  whole  ex- 
hibiting a  circumstantial,  connected,  and  complete  history  of 
the  real  causes,  rise,  progress,  and  present  state  of  the 
American  rebellion.     The  third  edition. 

8vo.  Richardson, . 

"  This  is  a  new  and  much  enlarged  and  improved  edition  of  A  view  of  the 
evidence,  &c.  (see  No.  13,  1779.)  The  author  is  rather  violent  in  ex- 
pressing his  resentment  against  the  revolted  Americans,  the  minority 
party  at  home,  and  some  of  the  commanders  mentioned  in  the  title-page, 
particularly  the  Howes ;  but  he  appears  to  be  a  well  informed  writer  and 
a  judicious  compiler."  M.R. 


286  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1780.    ^5  The  narrative  of  Lieutenant  General  Sir  William  Howe,  in 
«*«^*  a  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons,  on  the  29th  of  April, 

1779,  relative  to  his  conduct  during  his  late  command  of 
the  king's  troops  in  North  America.  To  which  are  added, 
some  observations  upon  a  pamphlet  intitled  Letters  to  a 
nobleman. 

Quarto.  Almon, . 

"  Sir  William's  vindication  now  appears ;  and  candour  must  acknowledge 
that  it  is  not  a  feeble  attempt  to  rescue  the  general's  reputation  from  the 
obloquy  thrown  upon  it,  not  only  by  the  author  of  the  tetters  (to  Joseph 
Galloway,  esq.),  but  many  other  writers,  who  had  joined  in  the  cry 
against  the  noble  commander." 

16  A  REPLY  to  the  observations  of  Lieutenant  General  Sir  William 

Howe,  on  a  pamphlet  intitled  Letters  to  a  nobleman,  in  which 
his  misrepresentations  are  detected,  and  those  letters  are 
supported  by  a  variety  of  new  matter  and  argument.  To 
which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing :  i.  A  letter  to  Sir 
William  Howe,  upon  his  strictures  on  Mr.  Galloway's  private 
character,  ii.  A  letter  from  Mr.  Kirk  to  Sir  William  Howe, 
and  his  answer,  iii.  A  letter  from  a  committee  to  the  pre- 
sident of  the  Congress,  on  the  state  of  the  rebel  army  at 
Valley  Forge,  found  among  the  papers  of  Henry  Laurens, 
esq.     By  the  author  of  Letters  to  a  nobleman. 

8vo.  pp.  149.  Wilkie, , 

Mr.  Galloway's  defence  of  his  own  character  and  conduct,  against  Sir 
William  Howe. 

17  Three  letters  to  Lord  Viscount  Howe.  To  which  are  added, 

remarks  on  the  attack  at  Bunker's  Hill.  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
"  These  letters  contain  many  strong  articles  of  impeachment  of  the  conduct 
of  Lord  and  Sir  William  Howe,  during  their  command  in  America.  The 
particulars  are  too  well  known,  and  the  silence  of  the  noble  brothers  is, 
by  many,  considered  as  a  strong  presumption  that  the  charge  implied  in 
them  is  not  to  be  answered."  M.R. 

18  Plai.v  truth;    or,  a  letter  to  the  author  of  Dispassionate 

thoughts  on  the  American  war.     In  which  the  principles  and 
arguments  of  that  author  are  refuted,  and  the  necessity  of 
carrying  on  that  war  clearly  demonstrated.     By  the  author 
of  Letters  to  a  nobleman,  Sfc.  and  Cool  thoughts,  Sfc. 
8vo.  Wilkie, 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  287 

"  Another  of  the  numerous  pamphlets  of  Mr.  Galloway,  wherein  he  strongly    1780* 
recommends  a  spirited  prosecution  of  the  war,  in  which  he  has  not  the 
least  doubt  of  the  complete  success  of  ^be  British  arms ;   and  he  points 
out  the  policy  by  which  America  may  be  firmly  and  perfectly  united  with 
Great  Britain."  M.R. 

19  Occasional  letters  on  taxation;    on  the  means  of  raising 

the  supplies  within  the  year,  to  answer  the  expenses  of  a  ne- 
cessary war ;  and  on  such  means  as  would  probably  tend  to 
secure  Great  Britain,  and  its  natural  dependencieSy  the  bless- 
ings of  peace,  on  a  durable  system.  By  an  Independent 
man.  ....  Dodsley,  ■ 

8vo. 
"  These  letters  contain  some  judicious  observations  on  the  exigences  of  the 
times,  and  the  subject  of  finance.  Much  is  also  urged  on  the  expediency 
and  necessity  of  a  speedy  and  cordial  re-union  with  America,  for  which 
the  writer  argues  with  zeal,  but  on  moderate  and  liberal  principles." 
M.R. 

20  Cool  thoughts  on  the  consequences  to  Great   Britain  of 

American  independence,  on  the  expense  of  Great  Britain  in 
the  settlement  and  defence  of  the  American  colonies ;  and 
on  the  value  and  importance  of  the  American  colonies  and 

the  West  Indies  to  the  British  empire.  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

"  The  intention  of  this  tract  is  to  shew  the  ruinous  consequences  to  Great 
Britain  of  acknowledging  the  independence  of  the  American  colonies, 
written  in  a  decent  and  dispassionate,  though  very  earnest  and  serious 
strain."  M.R.     Supposed  to  be  by  Joseph  Galloway. 

21  Dispassionate  thoughts  on  the  American  War;  addressed  to 

the  moderate  of  all  parties.  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
"  The  advice  given  by  this  moderate  and  judicious  writer  is,  that  we  should 
immediately  relinquish  the  American  war,  as  a  scheme  not  only  imprac- 
ticable but  impolitic,  and  turn  our  whole  national  strength  against  the 
House  of  Bourbon.  He  does  not  seem  to  be  a  party  man,  but  if  he  leans 
any  way,  it  is  toward  administration."  M.R. 

22  Historical  and  political  reflections  on  the  rise  and  progress 

of  the  American  rebellion.  In  which  the  causes  of  that  re- 
bellion are  pointed  out,  and  the  policy  and  necessity  of  offer- 
ing to  the  Americans  a  system  of  government  founded  in  the 
principles  of  the  British  constitution,  are  clearly  demonstrated. 


288  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1780.  By  the  author  of  Letters  to  a  nobleman  on  the  conduct  of 

the  American  war.  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
"  The  writer  is  supposed  to  be  Joseph  Galloway,  esq.  author  also  of  A  letter 
to  Lord  Howe,  Cool  Thoughts,  &c.  His  zeal  for  a  solid  re-union  of  the  two 
countries  is  as  laudable  as  it  is  warm,  and  seems  to  be  really  founded  in 
his  sincere  wishes  for  the  permanent  welfare  and  happiness  of  all  parties." 
M.R. 

23  Observations  on  the  opinion  of  Mr.  George  Rous,  lately  de- 
livered in  the  House  of  Commons,  that  the  crown  can  give 
independence  to  America  without  the  assent  of  Parlia- 
ment. 

8vo.  Kearsley, . 

*•  A  feeble  comment  on  an  able  performance.  Both  the  commentator  and 
his  original  consider  the  independence  of  the  American  States  as  a 
question  upon  which  Great  Britain  ought  to  decide,  from  motives,  not  of 
justice,  but  of  policy, — not  of  right,  but  of  power,"  M.R. 

24  A  PLAN  of  articles  of  perpetual  union,  commerce,  and  friend- 
ship, between  Great  Britain  and  her  American  colonies; 
founded  on  the  solid  basis  of  justice,  and  proposed  as  a  me- 
dium between  the  claims  of  total  independence  on  the  one 
hand,  and  those  of  legal  subjection  on  the  other. 

8vo.  Johnson, . 

*•  A  very  well  intentioned  writer,  who  proposes  '  to  split  the  difiference'  in 
the  dispute  between  Great  Britain  and  the  colonies."  M.R. 

25  Nathan  to  Lord  North.  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  59. 

26  A  CONSTITUTION,  or  frame  of  government,  agreed  upon  by  the 
delegates  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  in 
convention,  begun  and  held  at  Cambridge,  on  the  first  of 
September,  1779  ;  and  continued,  by  adjournments,  to  the 
second  of  March,  1780.     Revised  and  corrected.         Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  43. 

See  No.  36  of  1779. 

27  The  candid  retrospect;  or,  the  American  war  examined  by 
Whig  principles.  .  .  .  Charlestown. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  28. 

Reprinted  in  New  York. 

28  Proceedings  op  a  board  of  general  affairs,  held  by  order 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova,  289 

of  H.  E.  Gen.  Washington,  Commander-in-chief  of  the  army   1780. 
of  the  United  States  of  America,    respecting  Major  John 
Andre,  Adjutant-general  of  the  British  army,  September  29, 
1780.  ....  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  21. 

A  very  interesting  pampblet,  published  by  order  of  the  American  Congress, 
containing  the  official  account  of  the  proceedings  against  the  unfortunate 
Major  Andr6. 

29  A  SHORT  HISTORY  of  the  last  session  of  Parliament,   with 

remarks.  ....         Almon,  . 

Svo.  pp.  99. 

30  To  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lords  of  Trade  and  Plantations. 

The  reply  of  H.  M.'s  subjects,  the  principal  inhabitants 
of  the  Mosquito  Shore,  to  the  printed  pamphlet,  entitled.  The 
Defence  of  Robert  Hodgson,  Esq.  late  superintendent  of  the 
Mosquito  Shore,  &c.  .  .  .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  144. 

Privately  printed  for  the  use  of  the  parties  concerned. 

31  A   PHILOSOPHICAL    discourse,    addressed    to    the    American 

Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  in  the  presence  of  a  respec- 
table audience,  &c.  By  James  Bowdoin,  Esq.  President  of 
said  Academy.  ....  Boston. 

Svo.  pp.  35. 

32  A  POETICAL  EPISTLE    to   H.    E.   Gcorge  Washington,    Esq. 

Commander-in-chief  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  from  an  inhabitant  of  the  State  of  Maryland.  To 
which  is  annexed,  a  short  sketch  of  General  Washington's 

life  and  character.  .  .  Dilly, . 

Quarto,  pp.  24,  portrait. 

First  printed  at  Annapolis,  in  Maryland,  in  1779.  Reprinted  in  London, 
"  for  the  charitable  purpose  of  raising  a  few  guineas  to  relieve  in  a  small 
measure  the  distresses  of  some  hundreds  of  American  prisoners,  now 
suffering  confinement  in  the  gaols  of  England."  Preface. 

33  Neptune  Americo-Septentrional  ;    contenant    les    cotes, 

isles  et  bancs,  les  baies,  ports  et  mouillages,  et  les  sondes 
des  mers  de  cette  partie  du  monde,  depuis  le  Greenland  in- 
clusivement  jusques  et  compris  le  Golfe  du  Mexique  avec  les 
isles  de  sous  le-vent  et  du  vent,  accompagnes  de  plans  par- 


200  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 


s^/^ 


1780.  ticuHers  des  ports  les  plus  frequent^s,  ou  recueil  de  cartes 

hydrographiques,  k  Tusage  des  vaisseaux  du  Roi,  redige 
d'apr^s  les  cartes  fran9oi8es  et  etrangeres  les  plus  estimees. 
Rectifie  d'apr^s  des  plans  manuscrits  authentiques,  et  assu- 
jetti  aux  observations  astronomiques.  Dresse  au  dep6t  gene- 
ral des  cartes,  plans,  et  journaux  de  la  marine,  et  publie  par 
ordre  du  Roi.  ....  Paris. 

Atlas  folio. 

A  collection  of  very  beautiful  charts  of  the  coast  of  North  America,  with 
plans  of  the  ports,  harbours,  &c.  published  on  separate  sheets,  between 
1778  and  1780,  for  the  use  of  the  French  navy. 

34  HisTOiRE  PHiLOSOPHiQUE  ET  POLITIQUE  dcs  etablisscmens  et 
du  commerce  des  Europeens  dans  les  deux  Indes.  Par 
Guillaume  Thomas  Raynal.  .  .  Geneve. 

Quarto,  4  vols,  and  atlas. 
Another  edition.  .  .  .  .  .  ib. 

8vo.  10  vols,  and  atlas  in  4to. 

As  this  work  could  not  be  published  in  Paris,  the  Abb6  Raynal  caused  three 
copies  to  be  printed  there,  one  of  which  he  sent  to  Geneva,  from  which 
the  present  edition  was  printed.  It  is  stated  by  Grimm  that  more  than 
one  third  of  this  work  was  written  by  Diderot.  According  to  Barbier,  a 
number  of  other  persons  were  concerned  in  it,  particularly  Holbacb, 
Pechmeja,  Paulze,  Dutasta,  Deleyre,  the  Abb6  Martin,  and  Counts 
Aranda  and  de  Souza.  The  Biographie  Universelle  (art.  Raynal)  says 
that  the  production  of  so  many  hands  must  necessarily  be  a  bad  book ; 
and  that,  besides  the  assistance  derived  from  other  persons,  whole  pages 
were  copied  from  other  works  without  any  acknowledgment.  A  decree 
was  issued  by  the  parliament  of  Paris,  May  21,  1781,  against  the 
autlior  and  his  book,  which  obliged  him  to  leave  France.  "  That  tliis 
history  is  written  in  an  animated  style,  and  that  it  contains  many  just 
reflections,  both  political  and  pliilosophical,  is  known  to  nil  Europe  ;  for 
it  has  been  translated  into  every  European  language.  Its  beauties,  liow- 
ever,  are  deformed  by  many  sentiments  that  are  irreligious,  and  by  some 
that  are  impure."  Chalmers. 

35  HisroiRE  DU  Paraguay  sous  les  Jesuites  et  de  la  Royaute 
qu'ils  y  ont  exercee  pendant  un  siecle  et  demi ;  ouvrage,  qui 
renferme  des  details  tr^s  interessans  et  qui  peut  servir  de 
suite  k  I'Histoire  Philosophique  et  Politique  des  Ctablissemens 
des  Europeens  dans  les  deux  Indes.  Orne  d'une  grande  carte 
du  Paraguay,  du  Chili,  &c.  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  3  vols. 


Bihliotkeca  Americana  Nova.  291 

This  work  appears  to  hare  been  taken  principally  from  the  "  Coleccian  de    1780. 
Documentos,  ^c.  (No.  26  of  1768,)  comprising  a  translation  of  nearly  the     ^.^ 
whole  of  the  fourth  volume  of  that  work. 

36  Le  destin   de  l'Amerique,  ou  dialogues  pittoresques  dans 

lesquels  ou  developpe  la  cause  des  evenemens  actuels,    la 
politique  et  les  inter^ta  des  puissances  de  I'Europe  relative- 
ment  h.  cette  guerre,  et  les  suites  qu'elle  devroit  avoir  pour 
le  bonheur  de  I'humanite,  traduit  fidelement  de  I'Anglois. 
Small  8vo.  pp.  106. 

Written  by  M.  Cerisier.  Barbier. — Said  in  the  preface  to  be  translated 
from  the  fourth  English  edition. 

37  Nouvelles  considerations  sur  Saint  Domingue,  enreponsek 

celles  de  M.  H.  D.     Par  M.  D.  B.  .  Paris- 

8vo.  2  parts. 

An  answer  to  M.  Hilliard  D'Auberteuil  by  M.  Du  Buisson.  Barbier.— See 
Considerations,  Sfc.  1776. 

38  RiFLEssioNi    Impauziali    sopra  I'Umanita   degli    Spagnuoli 

neir  Indie  contr'  i  pretesi  filosofi  e  politici  per  servire  di 
lume  alle  storie  de'  Signori  Raynal  et  Robertson,  del  Sig 
Abbate  D.  Giovanni  Nuix.  .  .  Venezia. 

8vo. 

There  are  two  Spanish  translations  of  this  work,  defending  the  humanity  of 
the  Spaniards  towards  the  natives  of  America,  one  published  at  Madrid, 
in  1782,  the  other  at  Cervera,  in  1783.  "The  author  would  have  ren- 
dered a  more  important  and  honorable  service  to  the  Spaniards,  if,  instead 
of  endeavouring  to  disculpate  them  from  calumnies,  not  entirely  witliout 
foundation,  he  had  manifested  to  foreigners  the  useful  measures  which 
the  Spanish  Ministry  were  taking  to  remedy  the  abuses  of  their  colonial 
government."     Sempere,  Biblioteca. 

39  Lettere  Americane  di  Gianrinaldo  Conte  Carli. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Cosmopoli  {Florence.) 

lleprinted  in  1781  at  Cremona,  in  3  volumes,  with  some  additions  by 
Giuseppe  Biunchi.  A  German  translation  was  published  in  178.">,  and 
one  in  French  in  1788.  "These  letters  originated  in  a  correspondenco 
of  Carli  with  bis  cousin,  the  Marquis  Gravisi,  in  1777  and  1779.  In  the 
first  part,  the  author  describes  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  Americans 
before  their  country  was  discovered  by  the  Europeans.  He  refutes,  on 
«'very  point,  the  paradoxes  of  Pauw.  The  second  ])art  is  hypotheticul ; 
its  object  being  to  discover  at  what  epoch  the  people  of  the  Atlnntido 
(that  large  continent  which  has  disappeared  in  some  general  commotion 
of  the  globe,)  might  hare  had  communication  with  America  on  one  si<)f, 


292  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1780.  *°''  with  Europe  on  the  other,  which  would  alone  explain  the  resem- 

w^-m^  blance  of  certain  ancient  civil  and  religious  customs  and  tra'ditions  com- 

mon to  the  two  continents."     Ginguente,  in  the  Biog.  Univ. 

40  Storia  Antica  del  Messico  cavata  da'  migliori  storici  Spag- 

nuoli,  e  da'  manoscritti,  e  dalle  pitture  antiche  degl'  Indian! : 
divisa  in  dieci  libri,  e  corredata  di  carte  geografiche,  e  di  varie 
figure  :  e  dissertazioni  sulla  terra,  sugli  animali,  e  sugli 
abitatori  del  Messico.  Opera  dell*  Abate  D.  Francisco 
Saverio  Clavigero.  .  .  .  Cesena. 

Quarto,  4  vols,  plates. 

Clavigero  was  bom  in  Vera  Cruz,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  entered 
into  the  order  of  the  Jesuits.  When  this  order  was  banished  from 
America,  in  176T,  he  retired  to  Bologna,  where  he  undertook  this  import- 
ant work,  which  was  received  by  the  learned  of  Europe  with  great 
applause.  It  was  translated  into  English  by  Cullen  in  1787,  and  from 
English  into  German  iu  1789.  A  Spanish  translation  was  printed  in 
London  in  1826. 

41  Saggio  di  storia  Americana  6  sia  storia  naturale,  civile,  e 

sacra  de  regni  e  delle  provincie  Spagnuole  di  terra  firma  nell' 

America  Meridionale  descritta  dall'  Abate  Filippo  Salvadore 

Gilii  e  consecrata  alia  santita  di  N.  S.  Papa  Pio  sesto  felice- 

mente  regnante.  ....  Roma. 

8vo.  4  vols. 

Tomo  I. — Delia  storia  geografica  e  naturale  della  prov"  dell'  Orinoco,  1780. 

II. — De  costumi  degli  Orinochesi,  1781. 

III. — Della  religione  e  delle  lingue  degli  Orinochesi  e  di  altri  Ameri- 

cani,  1782. 
IV. — Stato  presente  di  terra  ferma,  1784. 
The  author  was  one  of  the  Jesuits  banished  from  America,  with  the  rest  of 
his  order,  in  1767.  Charles  III.  honoured  him  with  a  pension,  for  having, 
in  this  work,  "  vindicated  the  Spanish  nation  and  government  from  the 
calumnies  of  foreigners." 

42  CoMTENDio   DE   LA  YsTORiA   GENERAL   del   origen,   viajes   y 

monarquia  de  los  Indios  de  la  America  Septentrional  fundada 
sobre  las  mejores  noticias  que  se  iiallan  de  el  Nuebo  Mundo, 
donde  manifiesta  la  Ystoria  Indiana  k  la  Espana  los  sucesos 
de   sus   peregrinaciones   y  casos    mas    memorables    asta  el 
estado   presente.      Por  Josef  Giraldo,  grabador  de  laminas, 
etc.  .....  Madrid. 

Small  4to. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova  290 

This  work  consists  merely  of  six  plates,  representing  the  ancient  history  of  j  ygQ 
the  Mexicans,  with  an  engraved  account  at  the  bottom  of  each,  of  their  ^^^.^^ 
emigrations,  &c.     A  work  of  no  sort  of  authority. 

43  ^Besciireibung  des  Portugiesischen  Amerika  vom  Pedro 

Cudena ;  ein  Spanisches  manuscript  in  der  Wolfenbiittelschen 
bibliothek,  herausgegeben  vom  Herrn  Hofrath  Lessing ;  An- 
merkungen  und  Zusatzen  begleitet  von  Christian  Leiste. 
8vo.  ....  Braunschweig. 

Pedro  Cudena,  a  Spaniard,  who  resided  several  years  in  the  Brazils,  wrote, 
in  1634,  an  account  of  that  country,  which  had  not  been  published,  and  a 
copy  having  been  found  in  the  Wolfenbuttel  library,  it  was  printed,  with 
a  German  translation  and  notes,  by  Lehte.  It  is  said  to  be  a  curious  and 
interesting  work,  and,  although  written  so  long  ago,  to  contain  new  infor- 
mation respecting  that  part  of  America  to  which  it  relates.     Biog.  Univ. 

44  Selectarum  stirpium  Americanarum  iiistoria,  in  qua  ad 

Linnseanum    systema    determinatae,    descriptseque    sistuntur 
plantae  illae,  quas  in  insulis  Martinica,  Jamaica,  S.  Domingo, 
aliisque  et  in   vicinse  continentis  parte,  observavit  rariores, 
Nic.  Jos.  Jacquin  ;   adjectis  iconibus  ab  authoris  archetypo 
pictis.  .....  Viennoe. 

Large  folio,  pp.  137. 
This  splendid  work  consists  of  264  coloured  </rau'fn^s  of  plants,  with  printed 
descriptions.  It  is  supposed  that  not  more  than  twenty-five  copies  were 
executed  ;  but  it  does  not  appear  to  be  generally  known  that  the  whole 
of  them  were  copied  in  a  neat  little  work,  published  at  Nuremberg  in 
1785,  &c.     (See  No.  oO,  of  that  year.) 


MDCCLXXXl. 

1  A  general  history  of  Connecticut,  from  its  first  settlement 
under  George  Fenwick,  esq.,  to  its  latest  period  of  amity  with 
Great  Britain  ;  including  a  description  of  the  country,  and 
many  curious  and  interesting  anecdotes.  To  which  is  added, 
an  Appendix,  wherein  new  and  the  true  sources  of  the  present 
rebellion  are  pointed  out ;  together  with  the  particular  part 
taken  by  the  people  of  Connecticut  in  its  promotion.     By  a 

Gentleman  of  the  province.  .  .  Bew,  ■ . 

8vo. 
Notwithstanding  the  author's  declaration  that  he  had  "  followed  the  line  of 
truth  freely,   and  unbiassed  by  pmtiality  or  prejudice,"  the  Rlonthly 
Review  pronounces  his  work  destitute  of  every  claim  to  impartiality,  and 


294  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1781,  containing  "  so  many  marks  of  party  spleen  and  idle  credulity,  as  to  be 

.^s/w  altogether  unworthy  of  the  public  attention."     The  author  says,  that 

"  treachery  is  the  staple  commodity  of  the  four  New  England  provinces." 
This  book  contains  the  wonderful  account  of  the  falls  of  the  Upper  Cohos, 
"  where  water  is  consolidated  without  frost,  by  pressure,  by  swiftness, 
between  the  pinching,  sturdy  rocks,  to  such  a  degree  of  induration,  that 
no  iron  crow  can  be  forced  into  it,"  &c.  The  author  was  Dr.  Samuel  A. 
Peters,  a  refugee.  He  resided  in  England  from  1774  to  1805,  when  he 
returned  to  America,  and  died  in  New  York  in  1826,  at  the  age  of  90. 

2  Travels  through  the  interior  parts  of  North  America, 

in  the  years  1766,  1767,  and  1768.      By  J.  Carver,  Esq. 

Illustrated  with  copper-plates  coloured  ;    the    third  edition. 

To  which  is  added,  some  account  of  the  Author,  and  a  copious 

Index.  .....  London. 

8vo. 
Dr.  Lettsom  purchased  the  impression  of  the  third  edition  of  this  work, 
and  added  the  life,  and  a  copious  index,  which  he  also  rery  honourably 
printed  separately,  "  for  the  convenience  of  the  purchasers  of  the  first 
and  second  editions ;  on  whom  I  was  unwilling  to  raise  an  extraordinary 
tax  for  the  third  edition.     J.  C.  Lettsom.'* 

3  The  siege  of  Penobscot  by  the  Rebels,   containing  a  journal 

of  the  proceedings  of  H.  M.'s  forces,  &c.  when  besieged  by 
the  rebels,  in  July,  1779.     By  J.  C,  Volunteer. 

Svo.  Kearsley, . 

The  author  is  supposed  to  be  Mr.  John  Calef,  agent  for  the  inhabitants  of 
Penobscot,  whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  charts  which  illustrate  the 
work.  It  contains  a  description  of  the  country,  as  well  as  a  journal  of 
the  unfortunate  siege  by  the  New  England  troops,  under  Brigadier* 
general  Lovell. 

4  The  American  war;    a  poem,  in  six  books.      In  which  the 

names   of  the  officers   who   have    distinguished   themselves 

during  the  war  are  introduced.  .  .  London. 

Svo.  pp.  182. 

Said  to  be  by  Geo.  Cookings.     "  Spirits  of  Sternhold,  Hoi)kin3,  Prynne, 

Quarles,  and  Withers  !    withered  indeed  are   your  laurels  !     Here  is  a 

bard  who  hath  eclipsed  ye  all,"  <fec.     Monthly  Review,  vol.  65,  p.  469. 

5  Miscellanies,  by  the  Honourable  Daines  Barrington. 
Quarto.  .....  London. 

This  volume  contains  the  author's  Tracts  on  the  possibility  of  reaching  the 
North  Pole,  first  printed  in  1775.  An  Essay,  "  Whether  the  lurkey 
was  known  before  the  discovery  of  America  ;"  which  the  honourable 
gentleman  decides  in  the  affirmative.     But  the  most  interesting  uitidc  in 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  295 

the  volume  is  the  Journal  of  a  voyage  in  1775,  to  explore  the  coast  of  1781. 
America,  norihioard  of  California,  by  the  second  pilot  of  the  fleet,  Don 
Francisco  Antonio  Maurelle,  in  the  king's  schooner  called  the  Sonora,  com- 
manded by  Don  Juan  Francisco  de  la  Bodega  :  with  a  map. 

6  A  GENERAL  ACCOUNT  of  the  Calamities  occasioned  by  the  late 

tremendous  hurricanes  and  earthquakes  in  the  West  India 
islands,  foreign  as  well  as  domestic.  With  the  petitions  to, 
and  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Commons,  in  behalf  of  the 
sufferers,  &c. ;  carefully  collated  from  authentic  papers.     By 

Mr.  Fowler.  .  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo. 

7  A  HISTORY  of  Jamaica  and  Barbadoes,  with  an  authentic  account 

of  the  lives  lost,  and  the  damage  sustained  in  each  island,  by 

the  late  hurricanes.    To  which  is  prefixed,  a  sermon,  preached 

on  the  melancholy  occasion,  at  St.  Clement's,  Lombard  street. 

Quarto.  Davenhill, . 

8  Authentic  Rebel  papers  seized  at  St.  Eustatius,  1781. 
Quarto.  ....  Kearsley, . 

The  Monthly  Reviewer  doubts  the  authenticity  of  these  papers. 

9  An  iiistouical  and  political  view  of  the  present  and  ancient 

state  of  the  colony  of  Surinam,  in  South  America  ;  with  the 
settlements  of  Demerary  and  Issequibo.      By  a  person  who 

lived  there  ten  years.  .  .  Nicoll, . 

8vo. 
Translated  from  Dr.  Philip  Fermin's  work,  printed  in  1778.    No.  49. 

10  Principles  of  law  and  government;   with  an  enquiry  into  the 

justice  and  policy  of  the  present  war,  and  the  most  effectual 
means  of  obtaining  an  honourable,  permanent,  and  advan- 
tageous peace.  .  .  .  Murray, . 

Quarto. 
After  an  account  of  some  of  the  opinions  which  have  been  held  concerning 
the  origin  of  society,  the  author  proceeds  to  examine  the  question  of  the 
justice  and  policy  of  the  war  with  America,  in  which  he  takes  the  part 
of  the  Americans. 

11  Observations  on  the  dysentery  of  the  West  Indies;  with  a 

new  and  successful   manner  of  treating  it.       By   Benjamin 
Mosely,  surgeon,  at  Kingston,  in  Jamaica.         .        Jamaica. 
8vo. 
Reprinted,  in  London,  for  Becket.     The  aiit!ior*s  mode  of  curt-  is  by  the 
most  active  sudorifics. 


296  B\bliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1781.  12  Observations  on  the  diseases  which  appeared  in  the  army  on 
St.  Lucia,  in  1778  and  1779.  To  which  are  prefixed,  remarks 
calculated  to  assist  in  ascertaining  the  causes,  and  in  explaining 
the  treatment  of  those  diseases.  With  an  appendix,  con- 
taining a  short  address  to  military  gentlemen,  on  the  means  of 

preserving  health  in  the  West  Indies.         .         Dilly, . 

12mo. 

The  author  signs  himself  "  John  Rollo,  sargeon  to  the  royal  artillery  now 
in  the  West  Indies." 

13  A  BRIEF  HISTORY  of  the  late  expedition  against  fort  San  Juan, 
so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  diseases  of  the  troops  :  together  with 
some  observations  on  climate,  infection,  and  contagion  ;  and 
several  of  the  endemial  complaints  of  the  West  Indies.  By 
Thomas  Dancer,  m.d.,  physician  to  the  troops  on  that 
service.  ....  Jamaica. 

Quarto. 

14  A  TRANSLATION  of  the  Memorial  to  the  Sovereigns  of  Europe ^ 
upon  the  present  state  of  affairs  between  the  Old  and  the 
New  World,  into  common  sense  and  intelligible  English. 

8vo.  ....  Stockdale, . 

The  original  Memorial  (see  No.  7,  1780),  by  Gov.  Pownall,  was  written  in 
quaint  and  rather  obscure  language,  but  the  importance  of  the  matter 
induced  the  present  author  to  *'  clothe  it  in  a  more  easy,  natural,  and 
becoming  dress."  Gov.  Pownall  says  that  his  ideas  hare  been  entirely 
misrepresented  in  this  work. 

15  The  patriotic  mirror;  or,  the  salvation  of  Great  Britain  in 
embryo.  .  .  .  Faulder, . 

Svo. 
A  violent  invective  against  the  Opposition, — the  diabolical  congress, — the 
republicans,—  the  American  commanders, — lee-shore  admirals,  &c.  all  in 
the  usual  low,  intemperate  style  of  the  common  run  of  pamphleteers 
and  newspaper  politicians. 

16  A  REPLY  TO  THE  OBSERVATIONS  of  Licut.  Gen.  Sir  William 
Howe,  &c.  By  the  author  of  Letters  to  a  Nobleman.  The 
second  edition,  with  additions.  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  157. 

See  No.  16  of  1780. 

17  Letters  from  Cicero  to  Cataline  the  Second.     With  correc- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova  297 

tions  and  explanatory  notes.  .  Bew, .    1781. 

8vo.  -"^ 

Mr.  Galloway,  under  the  name  of  Cicero,  attacks  the  Hon.  C.  J.  Fox 
(Cataline  the  Second),  and  the  leaders  of  the  Opposition,  with  the  view 
of  exposing  thorn  to  the  scorn  and  indignation  of  the  public. 

18  A  LETTER  to  Cicero,  Lucius  Cataline,  the  American  deputy ; 

with  two  letters  in  defence  of  the  present  and  more  general 
association  of  Protestants  in  England,  &c. 
8vo.  Stockdale, . 

A  zealous  friend  to  religious  and  civil  liberty,  but  a  very  indifferent  writer, 
who  attacks  Mr.  Galloway  with  much  asperity,  stigmatizing  him  as  a 
"  traitor,  who  has  quitted  one  injured  country  to  injure  another." 

19  A  LETTER  from  Cicero  to  the  R.  H.  Lord  Viscount  H e, 

occasioned  by  his  late  speech  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
8vo.  Bew, . 

Mr.  Galloway  here  accuses  Lord  Howe,  and  his  brother  Sir  William,  of 
having  most  flagrantly,  shamefully,  and  wickedly  betrayed  the  trust 
reposed  in  them,  in  the  command  of  the  British  naval  and  land  forces  in 
America. 

20  Free  thoughts  on  the  continuance  of  the  American  war, 

and  the  necessity  of  its  termination.  Addressed  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Great  Britain.     By  a  Gentleman  of  Lincoln's 

Inn.  ....  Payne, . 

8vo.  pp.  22'. 

21  The  trial  of  Lieut.  Col.  Thomas,  of  the  first  regiment  of  Foot 

Guards,  on  a  charge  exhibited  by  Lieut.  Col.  Cosmo  Gordon, 
for  aspersing  his  character,  by  accusing  him  of  neglect  of  duty 
before  the  enemy,  as  commanding  officer  of  the  first  battalion 
of  Guards,  on  the  23d  of  June,  1780,  near  Springfield,  in  the 
Jerseys ;  containing  the  whole  proceedings  of  a  general  court 
martial,    held    at    New    York    on    the    16th   of  September 

last,  &c.  .  .  .  Ridley, . 

8vo.  pp.  118. 

22  Three   letters   to  Lieutenant-General    Sir  William    Howe, 

with  an  Appendix.  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo.  pp.  48,  and  map. 

23  Three  letters  to  Lord  Viscount  Howe,  with  remarks  on  the 

attack  at  Bunker's  Hill.     The  second  edition.     To  which  is 


298  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1781.  added,  a  comparative  view  of  the  conduct  of  Lord  Cornwallis 

**^  and  General  Howe.  .  .  Wilkie, . 

Svo.  pp.  48,  and  map. 
This  tract,  as  well  as  the  preceding,  was  written  by  Israel  Mauduit,  esq. 

24  The  speech  of  General  Conway,  member  of  Parliament  for 

Saint  Edmondsbury,  on  moving  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
on  the  5th  of  May,  1780,  "  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in 
a  Bill  for  quieting  the  troubles  now  reigning  in  the  British 
colonies  in  America,  and  for  enabling  his  Majesty  to  appoint 
Commissioners  with  full  powers  to  treat  and  conclude  upon 

terms  of  conciliation  with  the  said  colonies."  Cadell, . 

Svo.  pp.  51. 

25  The  acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of 

Pennsylvania,  carefully  compared  with  the  originals,  and  an 
Appendix,  containing  the  laws  now  in  force,  passed  between 
the  30th  Sept.  1775  and  the  Revolution.  Together  with  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  articles  of  Confederation  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  Published  by  order  of  the  General 
Assembly.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Folio. 

26  The  Revolution  of  America.     By  the  Abbe  Raynal,  author 

of  the  Philosophical  and  political  history  of  the  establishments 
and  commerce  of  the  Europeans  in  both  the  Indies. 

12mo.  Davies, . 

The  translator  of  this  work  procured  a  copy  of  the  original  unpublished  ms. 
from  the  Abbe  Raynal,  and,  without  his  knowledge  or  consent,  published 
it  in  French,  at  the  same  time  with  this  translation.  It  was  printed  in 
the  same  year  at  Genera,  in  the  new  edition  of  the  HUtoire  Philosophique. 

27  Revolution  de  I'Amerique.     Par  M.  I'Abbe  Raynal,  auteur 

dc  I'histoire  philosophique  et  politique  des  etablissemens  et  du 

commerce  des  Europeens  dans  les  deux  Indes.         A  Dublin. 

Svo.  pp.  131,  vignettes. 

"  The  author  pleads  the  cause  of  the  revolted  colonies  with  a  degree  of 

zeal,  censures  the  conduct  of  the  British  government  with  a  keenness 

of  asperity,  and  displays  a  knowledge  of  the  principles  and  intrigues  of 

the  different  factions  which  at  that  period  divided  the  English  nation, 

ihat   surely   was   not  natural   to   the    impjutial    pen   of  a  philosophic 

foreigner.     Ilencc  he  has  been  supposed  to  hare  been  iucited  to  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  299 

undertaking,  and  to  hare  been  furnished  with  part  of  his  materials  bj    1781. 
some  persons  who  opposed  the  measures  of  the  English  gorernment,  and 
secretly  fomented  the  American  cause.''     Chalmers. 

28  ExposuiiE  or  Examination  of  the  operations  of  the  Ministry  since 

the  beginning  of  the  war  against  the  Americans.     Written  by 

M.  Joly  de  St.  Valier.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo. 

The  above  title  is  taken  from  the  following  work,  to  which  is  prefixed  the 

following  advertisement,  in  English  :  "  It  has  been  lately  seen  that  the 

booksellers,  dreading  the  keenness  of  the  ministry's  resentment,  refused 

to  vend  the  English  translation  of  the  Exposure,  Sfc,  which  has  laid  the 

author  under  the  necessity  of  vending  it  at  his  own  lodgings,  &c.''  From 

a  printed  letter  from  the  same  person  to  Mr.  Pitt,  dated  Bridewell, 

Dec.  1784,  it  appears  that  his  pamphlet  bad  got  him  into  difficulties ; 

that  ho  had  been  imprisoned,  and  had  been  released  on  condition  of  his 

leaving  England ;  that  the  "  Chevalier  Yorke"  had  had  something  to  do 

with  it,  for  which  he  felt  himself  aggrieved,  and  in  consequence  returned 

to  England,  and  sent  him  a  challenge,  for  which  he  was  again  condemned 

to  a  twelvemonth's  imprisonment  in  Bridewell. 

29  Expos^  ou  ExAMEN  des  operations  des  ministres  d'Angleterre 

depuis  le  commencement  de  la  guerre  contre  les  Americains 

jusqu'aujourd'hui,  comparees  avec  les  operations  qui  auraient 

convenu  aux  inter^ts  de  la  Grande  Bretagne,  par  M.  Joly  de 

St.  Valier,  Lieut.-col.  d'Infanterie.     II.  Partie.  On  trouvera 

dans  cette  seconde  partie  les  vrais  motifs  qui  ont  porte  les 

ministres  d'Angleterre  k  ordonner  les  actes  d'hostiiite  contre 

les  provinces  unies ;  motifs  d'autant  plus  interessants  a  con- 

noltre  qu'il  parait  que  personne  jusqu'ici  ne  les  a  pas  m^me 

soup9onne.  .  .  .  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  52. 

Tho  first  part  was  printed  in  London  in  January,  and  an  English  translation 

of  it  in  March  (see  the  preceding  article).     No  printer  or  publisher  in 

London  would  have  anything  to  do  with  this  second  part,  which  obliged 

the  author  to  have  it  printed  in  Holland. 

30  Paul  Jones,  ou  propheties  sur  TAmerique,  I'Angleterre,  la 

France,  I'Espagne,  la  Hollande,  &c.  par  Paul  Jones,  corsaire, 
prophete,  et  sorcier,  comme  il  n'en  fdt  jamais.  Y  joint  le 
r6ve  d'un  Suisse  sur  la  revolution  de  I'Amerique,  dedie  k  S.  E. 
Mgr  I'Ambassadeur  Franklin,  et  k  leurs  noble  et  hautes 
puissances   mcsscigneurs  du  Congr^s.     De  I'erc  de  I'lndc- 


300  Bibliotkeca  Ameiicana  Nova. 

1781.  pendance  de  rAmerique  Tan  V.  .  .         (Basle'^.) 

8vo.  pp.  120. 
A  very  amusing  jeu  d'esprit,  the  author  of  which  shews  himself  to  be  no 
false  prophet. 

31  Voyage  de  Newport  k  Philadelphie,  Albany,  etc. 
Quarto,  pp.  188.  Newport,  R.I. 

"  De  I'imprimerie  Royale  de  I'Escadre." 
The  Marquis  de  Chastelleux  caused  twenty-four  copies  of  this  journal  to  be 
printed  at  a  press  on  board  one  of  the  ships  of  the  French  squadron  at 
Newport.  It  consists  only  of  that  part  which  forms  the  first  volume  of 
the  edition  of  Paris  of  1786,  comprising  his  travels  in  the  winter  of 
1780-1,  and  was  printed,  he  says,  to  avoid  the  trouble  of  making  ms. 
copies  to  send  to  his  friends  in  Europe. 

32  Description  TOPOGUAPHiQUEdela  Virginie,delaPennsyivanie, 
du  Maryland,  et  de  la  Caroline  Septentrionale  ;  contenant  les 
rivieres  d'Ohio,  Kenhawa,  Sioto,  Cherokee,  Wabash,  &c.  Et 
de  toutes  les  parties  representees,  dans  les  cartes  ci-jointes ;  pub- 
liee  par  Thomas  Hutchins,  &c.     Traduit  de  I'Anglois.    Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  72,  plates  3. 

A  translation  of  No.  12  of  1778, 

33  EssAis  HiSTORiQUES  ET  POLiTiQUES  sur  Ics  Anglo-Amcricains, 
par  M.  Hilliard  d'Auberteuil.  .  A  Bruxelles. 

8vo.  2  vols,  in  4  parts,  17  maps  and  plates. 
An  edition  in  quarto  was  printed  at  the  same  time.     Tlie  second  volume, 
printed  in  1782,  is  called  Ussais  liistoriqnes  et  politiques  sur  la  Revolution  de 
CAmerique  Septentrionale,  &^c.     The  plates  are  very  well  engraved,   and 
among  them  is  a  full  length  portrait  of  Washington,  after  Trumbull. 

34  DiARio  de  las  operaciones  contra  la  plaza  de  Panzacola  con- 
cluida  por  las  armas  de  S.  M.  C.  baxo  las  ordenes  del  Mariscal 
de  campo  D.  Bernardo  de  Galvez.  .  S.  I.  a.  etc. 

Small  4to.  pp.  48. 
This  tract,  without  date  or  place,  was  apparently  printed  at  Madrid,  about 
this  time. 

35  Elogi  Storici  di  Cristoforo  Colombo  e  di  Andrea  D'Oria. 
Quarto,  pp.  337.  Parma. 

"  The  Eulogy  of  Columbus,  published  anonymously  in  conjunction  with  a 
Eulogy  of  Andrew  D'Oria,  but  since  attributed  to  the  Marquis  Ippolito 
Durazzo,  is  written  with  great  fulness  and  elegance,  and  is  particularly 
valuable  for  its  elucidation  of  many  points  of  cotemporary  history  bear- 
ing on  the  life  of  Columbus."     N.  Am.  lieu.  xxi.  p.  425. 

36  Rkliquia;  Houston lAN.E  sen  plantarum  in  America    Mcridi- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  301 

dionali  a  Gulielmo  Houstoun,  m.d.  f.r.s.  collectarum  Icones   1781. 
manu   propriae  aere   incisae  ;    cum  desciiptionibus  e  schedis 
ejusdem  in  bibliotheca  Josephi  Banks,  asservatis.         London. 
Quarto,  pp.  12,  26  plates. 

MDCCLXXXII. 

1  Notes  on  the  State  of  Virginia;  written  in  the  year  1781, 
somewhat  corrected  and  enlarged  in  the  winter  of  1782,  for 
the  use  of  a  foreigner  of  distinction,  in  answer  to  certain 
queries  proposed  by  him  respecting 

1.  Its  boundaries page  1 

2.  Rivers,  &c (Table  of  contents). 

Svo.  pp.  391.  MDCCLXXXII.  Paris. 

This  edition  of  Mr.  Jefferson's  celebrated  Notes  was  evidently  printed  in 
Paris;  but  as  Mr.  Jefferson  did  not  reach  France  until  the  year  1784, 
the  date  on  the  title  probably  is  not  thut  of  the  year  in  which  it  was 
printed,  but  of  the  year  in  which  the  manuscript  was  completed.  A 
copy  presented  to  M.  Malesherbe  had  the  following  note,  in  Mr.  Jefferson's 
handwriting.  "  Mr.  Jefferson  having  had  a  few  copies  of  these  notes 
printed  to  present  to  some  of  his  friends,  -.md  to  some  estimable  charac- 
ters beyond  that  line,  takes  the  liberty  of  presenting  Ji  copy  to  M.  de 
Malesherbe,  as  a  testimony  of  his  respect  to  his  character.  Unwilling 
to  expose  them  to  the  public  eye,  he  begs  the  favour  of  M.  de  M.  to 
put  them  into  the  bands  of  no  person  on  whose  care  and  fidelity  he 
cannot  rely,  to  guard  them  against  publication."  It  was  reprinted  in 
London  in  1787.  The  best  edition  is  probably  that  of  Philadelphia,  in 
1801,  with  the  Appendix,  which  was  first  printed  separately  in  1800. 

2  An  introduction  to  the  history  of  the  revolt  of  the  colonies  ; 
giving  from  the  state  papers  a  comprehensive  view  of  their 
conduct,  from  the  successive  settlements  of  each,  to  their  de- 
claration of  independence,  and  of  the  policy  of  Britain  during 
every  reign.  By  George  Chalmers,  Esq.  In  two  volumes. 
Svo.  Vol.  I.  pp.  496.  London. 

Printed  by  Baker  and  Galabin.  Here  is  a  volume  by  a  celebrated  author, 
apparently  entirely  unknown,  purchased  at  an  auction  in  Fleet  street,  in 
March,  1834.  It  has  the  book-plate  of  Gilbert  liuchanan,  ll.p.,  with  this 
manuscript  note  :  "  not  published,  corrected  for  the  press  by  me,  G.  H.''  The 
work  has  no  preliminaries ;  is  divided  into  reigns,  beginning  with  James  I. 
and  ending  with  George  I.  It  has  the  appearance  of  being  an  abridgment 
of  the  same  author's  Political  Annals  ;  and  if  it  were  not  for  the  difference 
in  the  dates,  the  latter  might  be  coiisidered  an  enlarged  edition  of  the 
present  work. 


302  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1782.  3  Letters  from  an  American  farmer;  describing  certain  provincial 
situations,  manners,  and  customs,  not  generally  known;  and 
conveying  some  idea  of  the  late  and  present  interior  circum- 
stances of  the  British  colonies  in  North  America.  Written 
for  the  information  of  a  friend  in  England.     By  J.  Hector 

St.  John,  a  farmer  in  Pennsylvania.  Davis, . 

8vo.  pp.  318. 

A  writer  in  tlie  Edinburgh  Review  (said  to  be  Mr.  Hazlitt)  allows  this  to 
be  one  of  the  few  well  written  works  produced  by  American  authors.  A 
more  liberal  English  writer  had  done  justice  to  it  nearly  half  a  century 
before.  An  article  in  the  Monthly  Jleview,  for  June  1782,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  numbers  for  August  and  October,  probably  first  directed  the 
attention  of  Mr.  Hazlitt  to  this  work.  The  Monthly  Reviewer 
concludes  his  long  article,  by  saying  that  this  work  will  be  read  with 
pleasure  "by  those  who  are  admirers  of  natural,  easy  composition, 
where  truth  and  simplicity  unite  with  good  sense  to  furnish  the 
philosophic  enquirer  with  rational  amusement  and  useful  information.'' 
M.  Hector  St.  John  de  Crevecoeur  was  a  native  of  Normandy,  who  went 
to  the  British  colonies  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  and  became  a  naturalized 
American.  Having  established  himself  on  a  farm  near  the  frontiers  of 
the  colonies,  he  became  one  of  the  first  victims  of  the  war  of  independ- 
ence, the  Indian  allies  of  Great  Britain  setting  fire  to  and  destroying 
his  estate.  He  wrote  his  letters  during  the  different  epoclis  of  the  war 
in  English.  Returning  afterwards  to  France,  he  translated  them  into 
French,  in  which  language  they  were  printed,  in  1784  and  1787. 

4  The  constitutions  of  the  several  independent  States  of 
America ;  the  declaration  of  Independence ;  the  articles  of 
Confederation  between  the  States;  the  treaties  between 
H.  M.  C.  M.  and  the  United  States  of  America.  Published 
by  order  of  Congress.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo. 

Reprinted  in  London,  for  Stockdale,  &c.  "  This  interesting  publication 
contains  a  greater  portion  of  unsophisticated  wistlom  and  good  sense, 
than  is  perhaps  to  be  met  with  in  any  other  legislative  code  tljat  was 
ever  yet  framed.  It  is,  in  short,  the  book  which  may  be  considered  as 
the  Magna  Charta  of  the  United  American  States."  M.R.  Reprinted 
in  1783,  for  J.  Walker. 

5  A  CONCISE  ACCOUNT  of  voyagcs  for  the  discovery  of  a  North 
West  passage.  Undertaken  for  finding  a  new  way  to  the 
East  Indies.     With  reflections  on  the  practicability  of  gaining 


Bibliotkeca  Amencana  Nova.  303 

such  a  passage,  &c.     By  a  Sea  OflScer.  Bew, .  1782. 

12mo. 

Bj  Lieat.  Pickersgill. 

6  An  authentic  narrative  of  a  voyage  performed  by  Captain 

Cook  and  Captain  Clerke,  in  H.  M.'s  ships  Resolution  and 
Discovery,  during  the  year  1776-80,  in  search  of  a  N.  W. 
passage  between  the  continents  of  Asia  and  America.  In- 
cluding a  faithful  account  of  their  discoveries,  and  the  unfor- 
tunate death  of  Captain  Cook.  Illustrated  with  a  chart,  and 
a  variety  of  cuts.  By  W.  Ellis,  assistant-surgeon  to  both 
vessels.  .  .  .  Robinson,  ■  ■ 

8vo.  2  vols. 

7  The  new  and  impartial  universal  history  of  North  and  South 

America,  and  of  the  present  Transatlantic  war.  Containing, 
&c.  &c.  &c.  By  Charles  Henry  Arnold,  esq.  late  of  Phila- 
delphia, now  of  Burlington  street.  .        Hogg, . 

12mo. 

A  catchpenny  work  with  a  very  long  title,  not  worth  transcribing. 

8  Narrative  of  a  shipwreck  on  the  Island  of  Cape  Breton,  in  a 

voyage  from  Quebec,  1780.     By  S.  W.  Prentiss,  ensign  of 

the  84th  regiment  of  Foot.  .  Richardson, . 

12mo. 
An  interesting  narrative,  related  with  moderation  and  good  sense ;   several 
times  reprinted. 

9  Observations  and  reflections  on  an  Act  passed  in  the  year 

1774  for  the  settlement  of  the  province  of  Quebec.  In- 
tended to  have  been  then  printed  for  the  use  of  the  electors 
of  Great  Britain,  but  now  first  published.     By  a  Country 

Gentleman.  .  .  Stockdale, 

8vo.  pp.  39. 

10  The  history  of  the  second  ten  years  of  the  reign  of  George 

the  Third,  King  of  Great  Britain,  &c.  From  the  conclusion 
of  the  third  session  of  the  thirteenth  Parliament,  in  1770,  to 
the  end  of  the  last  session  of  the  fourteenth  Parliament  of 

Great  Britain,  in  1 780.  .  .  Evans, . 

8vo. 
The  most  important  part  of  this  work  is  that  which  relates  to  tlio  com- 
mencement and  prosecution  of  the  war  with  America.    The  author  aims 


304  Bibliolheca  Americana  Kova, 

1782  ^^  impartiality,  and  no  where  discovers  the  zeal  of  a  partizan.     He  is 

neither  a  determined  Whig,  nor  a  pertinacious  Tory,  but  seems  to  have 
made  it  a  rule  to  steer  a  middle  course.  This  volume  is  intended  as  a 
continuation  to  the  history  of  the  first  ten  years  of  the  reign  of  George 
III.,  written  apparently  by  a  different  author. 

11  A  VIEW  OF  THE  HISTORY  OF  GiiEAT  BRITAIN  during  the  admi- 
nistration of  Lord  North,  to  the  second  session  of  the  fifteenth 
Parliament.  In  two  parts.  "With  statements  of  the  public 
expenditure  in  that  period.  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
The  first  part  was  published  in  the  preceding  year,  under  the  title  of  the 
History  of  Lord  North's  Administration. 

12  Narrative  of  Lieut.-gen.  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  k.b.,  relative 
to  his  conduct  during  part  of  his  command  of  the  King's 
troops  in  North  America,  particularly  that  which  respects  the 
unfortunate  issue  of  the  campaign  in  1781.  With  an  Appen- 
dix, containing  copies  and  extracts  of  those  parts  of  his  cor- 
respondence with  Lord  George  Germaine,  Earl  Cornwallis, 
Rear-Admiral  Graves,  &c.  which  are  referred  to  therein. 

8vo.  Debrett, . 

Ill  success  is  the  parent  of  accusation,  exculpation,  and  recrimination ;  and 
in  this  detail  Sir  Henry  Clinton  acquits  himself  of  all  share  in  Lord 
Comwallis's  misfortune;  leaving  that  general  to  answer  for  misconcep- 
tions of  the  orders  sent  him,  and  for  the  choice  of  the  post  he  was  reduced 
to  surrender.     For  the  reply  to  this  narrative,  see  No.  28,  1783. 

13  Cui  Bono?  or  an  inquiry,  what  benefits  can  arise  either  to 
the  English  or  the  Americans,  the  French,  Spaniards,  or 
Dutch,  from  the  greatest  victories  or  successes  in  the  pre- 
sent war  ?  Being  a  series  of  letters,  addressed  to  Mons. 
Necker,  late  controller-general  of  the  finances  of  France.  By 
Josiah  Tucker,  d.d.  Dean  of  Glocester.  Cadell, . 

8vo. 
The  Dean  says  that  no  sooner  shall  the  Americans  have  established  their 
independency,  than  they  will  be  enslaved  by  their  present  rulers,  the 
members  of  Congress,  who  will  govern  them  with  a  rod  of  iron.  The 
moment  they  are  at  peace  with  England,  they  will  quarrel  among  them- 
selves, and,  with  the  fury  of  famished  wolves,  they  will  endeavour  to 
tear  each  other  in  pieces.  Nay,  farther ;  in  the  course  of  a  few  years, 
those  whom  by  their  violence  or  their  crimes  they  had  compelled  to 
migrate  into  the  interior  parts  of  the  continent,  will,  after  the  manner  of 
the  Asiatic  and  European  Tartars,  invade  them  with  a  numerous  and 
irresistible  body  of  cavalry ! 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  305 

14  CoNSiDETiATioNS  on  the  Attorney-General's  proposition  for  a    1782. 

Bill  for  the  establishment  of  peace  with  America.     By  an  old     ^-^ 

Member  of  Parliament.  .  .         Debrett, . 

8vo. 

This  writer  is  anxious  for  peace,  but  considers  tliat  it  would  be  a  degrada- 
tion to  the  country  for  the  offer  to  come  from  Parliament. 

15  The  declaration  and  address  of  H.  M.'s  suffering  loyalists 

to  the  people  of  America.  Becket, . 

Quarto. 
"  Many  readers  on  our  side  the  Atlantic  will  perhaps  consider  this  mani- 
Jeiio  as  the  last  effort  of  expiring  loyalty  in  North  America.  It  pretends 
to  be  the  resolve  of  many  in  all  the  provinces  never  to  submit  to  the 
usurped  dominion  of  the  Congress,  who  are  stigmatised  as  a  set  of 
tyrants,  whose  government  is  not  less  intolerable  than  illegal.  The  editor 
says  that  this  tract  had  a  very  extensive  circulation  through  the  colouies, 
notwithstanding  the  endeavours  of  Congress  to  suppress  it."  M.R. 

16  Consolatory  thoughts  on  American  independence;  shewing 

the  great  advantages  that  will  arise  from  it  to  the  manufac- 
tures, the  agriculture,  and  commercial  interest  of  Britain  and 
Ireland.  Published  for  the  benefit  of  the  Orphan  hospital  at 
Edinburgh.     By  a  Merchant.  .  .         Edinbur(jh. 

Svo. 
This  writer,  in  his  representation  of  the  advantages  that  will  be  derived 
from  a  general  freedom  of  trade  to  all  the  American  ports,  has  proved 
himself  a  much  better  ■prophet  than  Dean  Tucker.     See  No.  13. 

17  Two  MEMORIALS,  not  Originally  intended  for  publication,  now 

published ;    with   an  explanatory   preface.        By  Governor 

Pownall.  .  .  .  Dodsley, . 

Svo. 
In  these  memorials  the  governor  offered  his  services  to  undertake  the  nego- 
tiation of  an  indefinite  truce,  as  a  preliminary  to  a  treaty  of  peace.  But 
some  of  H.  M.'s  ministers  not  agreeing  to  the  measure  of  opening  any 
such  negotiation  with  the  persons  referred  to  as  being  authorised  by  the 
Americans  to  treat  for  peace,  the  memorials  were  delivered  back,  and 
never  presented  to  the  king. 

18  Considerations  on  the  American  war,  under  the  following 

heads: — American  independency — Pursuit  of  the  war — War 
of  ports — Plan  of  operations — French  policy.      By  Joseph 

Williams,  Esq.  .  Ilookham, . 

Quarto. 


306  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1782.  The  author  senred  four  years  in  America  as  a  military  officer.    He  recom- 

mends a  relaxation  of  the  operations  against  the  Americans,  and  that  the 
whole  force  of  Great  Britain  should  be  employed  to  crush  the  rising 
power  of  France,  as  the  only  way  of  preventing  the  American  scheme  of 
independence  becoming  fatal  to  Great  Britain. 

19  Fabricius:  or,  letters  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  on  the 
absurdity  and  mischief  of  defensive  operations  only  in  the 
American  war,  and  on  the  failure  in  the  Southern  opera- 
tions. ....  "Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

Mr.  Galloway  again ! 

20  A  PLAN  of  reconciliation  with  America,  consistent  with  the 
dignity  and  interest  of  both  countries.  Humbly  addressed 
to  the  King.  .  .  .  Coghlan, . 

8yo. 
This  plan  yields  to  America  everything  but  the  vord  independency. 

21  The  pangs  of  a  patriot,  expressed  in  a  letter  to  a  nobleman, 
on  the  unfortunate  capture  of  Lord  Cornwallis. 

8vo.  Walker, . 

**  If  the  nobleman  to  whom  this  letter  is  addressed  hath  received  from  it 
no  more  entertainment  or  instruction  than  it  hath  afforded  to  us,  his 
lordship  will  not  be  violently  disposed  to  encourage  a  continuance  of  the 
correspondence."  M.R. 

22  Remarks  on  Lord  Howe's  Extraordinary  Gazette.  By 
Nauticus.  As  published  in  a  Morning  Paper  of  Nov.  11, 
1782.  .  .  .  Sibthorp, . 

8vo.  pp.  20. 

23  The  interest  of  Great  Britain  with  regard  to  her  Ameri- 
can colonies  considered.  To  which  is  added,  an  appendix, 
containing  the  outlines  of  a  plan  for  a  general  pacification. 
By  James  Anderson,  M.A.  author  of  Observations  on  the 
means  of  exciting  a  spirit  of  national  industry,  Sfc. 

8vo.  Cadell, . 

The  object  of  the  author  of  this  pamphlet  is  to  shew  "  that  the  American 
colonies,  instead  of  promoting  the  trade  and  manufactures  of  Great 
Britain,  huve  tended  in  a  most  powerful  manner  to  depress  them.  That, 
instead  of  adding  strength  and  stability  to  the  empire,  they  have  neces- 
sarily weakened  it  to  a  great  degree,  and  exposed  it  to  the  most  imminent 
danger.  That  therefore  the  settling  of  these  colonies  at  first  was  unwise, 
and  the  subsequent  oncouriigomeut  that  was  given  them  highly  impolitic." 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova  307 

24  Impartial  reflections  on  the  conduct  of  the  late  adminis-   1782. 

tration  and  opposition,  and  of  the  American  Congress.     In    y^-^ 
which  the  causes  and  consequences  of  the  destructive  war 
between  Great  Britain  and  the  revolted  colonies  are  particu- 
larly considered,  and  an  immediate  suspension  of  hostilities  is 

earnestly  recommended.  .  .  Nicoll, . 

8vo. 

"  This  writer  improves  the  manj  opportunities  offered  him  of  blaming  the 
errors  of  all  parties  ;  of  course,  all  parties  will  be  even  with  him,  and 
despise  his  censure.  He  makes  occasionally  a  number  of  pertiueut 
observations,  but,  being  desultory,  they  possess  no  aggregate  force." 
M.R. 

25  Proofs  that  Great  Britain  was  successful  against  each  of  her 

numerous   enemies  before    the   late  victory  of  Sir   George 

Brydges  Rodney.  .  .  Law, . 

Quarto. 

A  comparative  view  of  the  successes  and  the  defeats  respectively  obtained 
by  Great  Britain  and  her  enemies,  from  the  commencement  of  the 
American  war ;  by  which  it  appears  that  the  balance  was  greatly  in  favor 
of  the  former.  The  writer  also  states  that,  although  Great  Britain  should 
lose  all  "  the  rebellious  colonies,"  she  will  not  be  materially  affected 
by  it. 

26  A  LETTER  addressed  to  the  Abb6  Raynal,  on  the  affairs  of 

North  America :  in  which  the  mistakes  in  the  Abbe's  account 
of  the  revolution  of  America  are  corrected  and  cleared  up. 
By  Thomas  Paine,  M.A.  of  the  university  of  Pennsylvania, 
&c.  ...  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo. 

Reprinted  in  London  for  Dilly. 

27  A  LETTER  to  the  Earl  of  Shelburne,  on  his  speech,  July  10, 

1782,  respecting  the  acknowledgment  of  American  indepen- 
dence.    By  Thomas  Paine,  M.A.,  &c.  Philadelphia. 
Svo. 

Reprinted  in  London  for  Stockdale. 

28  Letters  akd  dissertations,  by  the  author  of  Analysis  A. P. 

on  the  disputes  between  Great  Britain  and  America. 

12mo.  pp.  130.  Author, . 

These  letters  and  dissertations  wore  written  by  Thomas  Crowley ,  and  were 
mostly  published  in  the  newspapers  under  the  signature  of  Amor  Patria:. 


308  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1782.  29  Remarks  on  the  manners,  government,  laws,  and  debt  of 

America.     By Webster.  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

Bib.  Am.  p.  206. 

30  An  enquiry  whether  the  absolute  independence  of  America  is 
not  to  be  preferred  to  her  partial  dependence,  as  most  agree- 
able to  the  real  interests  of  Great  Britain.  Addressed  to  the 
people  of  Great  Britain  by  one  of  themselves.     Bew, . 

Bvo. 
"  The  author,  after  many  sensible  observations,  candid  arguments,  and  just 
conclusions  from  the  principles  and  premises  which  he  lays  down,  deter- 
mines this  great  question  in  the  affirmative."  M.R. 

31  Reflections  upon  the  present  state  of  England,  and  the 
independence  of  America.     By  Thomas  Day,  Esq. 

Bvo.  Stockdale, . 

"  From  the  inflexible  spirit  of  the  Americans,  and  their  determined  resolu- 
tion to  be  free,  Mr,  Day  gives  it  as  his  opinion  that  America  ought  to  be 
declared  independent.  He  conceives  that  great  advantages  will  result 
from  this  measure,  and  his  reasonings  are  solid  and  well  supported.  He 
affirms  that  England  ought  to  yield  with  magnanimity  what  she  cannot 
withhold  by  arms."  M.R. 

32  A  COLLECTION  OF  STATE  PAPERS,  relative  to  the  first  acknow- 
ledgment of  the  sovereignty  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
and  the  reception  of  their  Minister  Plenipotentiary  by  their 
High  Mightinesses  the  States-general  of  the  United  Nether- 
lands. To  which  is  prefixed,  the  political  character  of  John 
Adams,  Ambassador  Plenipotentiary  from  the  States  of  North 
America  to  their  High  Mightinesses,  &c.  By  an  American. 
Likewise,  an  essay  on  canon  and  feudal  law ;  by  John 
Adams,  Esq.  .  .  .  Fielding,  &c. 

8vo. 

33  Thoughts  on  the  present  war.  With  an  impartial  review  of 
Lord  North's  administration,  in  conducting  the  American, 
French,  Spanish,  and  Dutch  war,  and  in  the  management  of 
contracts,  taxes,  the  public  money,  &c.  Dilly, . 

8vo. 

34  A  complete  and  accurate  account  of  the  very  important 
debate  in  the  House  of  Commons,  on  Tuesday,  July  9,  1782, 
in  which  the  cause  of  Mr.   Fox's  resignation,  and  the  great 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  309 

question  of  American  independence,  came  under  consideration ,  1782. 
&c.  .....  London.     '■'^^ 

8vo.  pp.  61. 
Stated  in  the  preface  to  be  an  account  of  the  most  important  debate  that 
ever  happened  in  the  House  of  Commons. 

35  NouvEAU  VOYAGE  dans  TAmerique  Septentrionale  en  Tannee 

1781,  et  campagne  de  I'armce  de  M.  le  Comte  de  Rocham- 

beau:  par  M.  I'Abbe  Robin.  A  Philadelphie  {Paiis?) 

8vo. 

Reprinted  at  Paris  in  1784  ;  in  German,  at  Norimberg,  in  1783.      (Meusel, 

iii.  1,  31S.)     A  translation  was  printed  at  Philadelphia  in  the  followiog 

year  (1783.) 

36  ExTRAiT  Du  JOURNAL  d'un  officicr  de  la  marine  de  Tescadre 

de  M.  le  Comte  d'Estaing.  .  .  {Parish) 

8vo.  pp.  126. 

Warden,  Bib.  Am.  Sept. 

37  Memoire  sur  le  passage  par  le  Nord,  qui  contient  aussi  des 

reflexions  sur  les  glaces.     Par  le  Due  de  Croy.  Paris. 

4to.  pp.  23. 

38  PRicis  de  I'histoire  philosophique  et  politique  des  etablisse- 

mens  et  du  commerce  des  Europeens  dans  les  Deux  Indes. 
Par  G.  Th.  Raynal.  .  .  .  Amsterdam. 

8vo. 
This  abridgment  of  the  Abb6  Rayual's  work  appears  to  have  been  made  by 
P.  Van  Woensel. 

39  Relation  de  deux  voyages  dans  les  mers  Australes  et  des 

Indes,  faits  en  1771,  1772,  1773,  et  1774,  par  M.  Kerguelen- 
Tremarec.  .....         Paris. 

8vo. 
It  is  said  that  this  volume  was  suppressed  by  order  of  the  French  govern- 
ment, and   a  considerable  part  of  the  edition  seized.       In  his  second 
voyage,  Kerguelen  was  accompanied  by  Pages,  who  gives  an  account  of 
the  same  voyage  in  the  following  work  : 

40  Voyages  autour  du  Monde,  et  vers  les  deux  Poles,  par  terre 

et  par  mer,  pendant  les  annees  1767,  1768,  1769,  1770, 
1771,  1773,  1774,  &  1776.  Par  M.  de  Pages,  capitaine  des 
vaisseaux  du  Roi,  &c.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols,  and  atlas. 

The  dedication  is  dated  from  St.  Domingo.     See  1791. 

41  Memoirs  adresse  aux  souvcrains  de  I'Europe,  sur  Tetat  pre- 


310  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1782.  sent  des  affaires  de  Tancien  et  du  nouveau  monde.     Par  Mr. 

Pownall,  ci-devant  Gouverneur,  Capitaine-generale,  &c.  des 
provinces  Americaines  de  Massachusetts  Bay,  &c.  Traduit 
de  I'Anglois  par  M  •  *  *  *  *.  Londres  {HoUande?) 

8vo.  pp.  82. 
This  translation  was  made  by  the  desire  of  Gov.  Pownall,  in  conseqnence 
of  a  French  version  having  been  printed  of  the  Translation,  <&c.  (No.  14, 
1781,)  which  he  declares  to  be  an  unwarrantable  interpretation  of  his 
views. 

42  CoLOMB  DAifs  L£s  FERS,  a  Ferdinand  et  Isabelle,  apr^s  la  de- 
couverte  de  TAmerique;  epitre  qui  k  remporte  le  prix  de 
I'academie  de  Marseille  ;  precedee  d'un  precis  historique  sur 
Colomb.     Par  M.  le  Chevalier  de  Langeac. 

8vo.  pp.  150.  Londres  {Paris.) 

The  poem  which  gives  the  title  to  this  book  occapies  fourteen  pages.  A 
memoir  of  Columbus  fills  up  the  rest  of  the  volume.  It  is  very  hand- 
somely printed,  and  ornamented  by  a  frontispiece  and  two  vignettes, 
beautifully  executed. 

43  Real  Ordenanza  para  el  establecimiento  k  instruccion  de 
Intendentes  de  exercito  y  provincia  en  el  virreinato  de 
Buenos  Ayres.     De  orden  de  S.  M.  Ano  1782. 

Folio,  pp.  460.  {Madrid)  1778. 

44  Reflexiones  imparciales  sobre  la  humanidad  de  los 
Espaiioles  en  las  Indias,  contra  los  pretendidos  filosofos  y 
politicos.  Para  ilustrar  las  historias  de  M.  M.  Raynal  y 
Robertson.  Escritas  en  Italiano  por  el  Abate  Don  Juan  Nuix 
y  traducidas  con  algunas  notas  por  D.  Pedro  Varela  y 
UUoa.  .....  Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  315. 

See  No.  38, 1T80,  and  No.  49,  1T83. 

45  Saggio  suUa  storia  naturale  del  Chili  del  Signor  Abate 
Giovanni  Ignazio  Molina.  .  .  Bologna. 

8vo. 
Translated  into  French  in  1789 ;  into  Spanish  in  1788  ;  and  into  English  in 
1808.    The  Storia  civile  was  not  published  until  1787. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  311 


MDCCLXXXIII. 


1  Portraits  of  the  generals,  ministers,  magistrates,  members  of 

Congress,  and  others  who  have  rendered  themselves  illus- 
trious in  the  revolution  of  the  United  States  of  North 
America.  Drawn  from  the  life  by  M.  Dusimitier,  painter, 
and  member  of  the  Philosophical  Society  of  Philadelphia,  and 
engraved  by  the  most  eminent  artists  in  London.  London. 
4to. 

Cootains  the  following  portraits : 

General  Washington.  Silas  Deane,  Esq. 

Henry  Laurens,  Esq.  General  Read. 

John  Jay,  Esq.  Governor  Morris. 

S.  Huntingdon,  Esq.  Baron  Steuben. 

Charles  Thompson,  Esq.  W.  H.  Drajton,  Esq. 

J.  Dickinson,  Esq.  General  Gates. 

2  A  JOURNAL  of  Capt.  Cook's  last  voyage  to  the  Pacific  Ocean, 

and  in  quest  of  a  North-West  passage  between  Asia  and 
America;  performed  in  the  years  1776,  1777,  1778,  and 
1779.  Illustrated  with  a  chart,  shewing  the  tracts  of  the 
ships  employed  in  this  expedition.  Faithfully  narrated  from 
the  original  ms.  of  Mr.  John  Ledyard.  Hartford,  Con. 

8vo.  pp.  208. 
This  scarce  little  Tolume  is  highly  interesting,  from  being  the  only  pub- 
lished work  of  the  celebrated  traveller  Ledyard,  with  the  exception  of 
his  communications  to  the  African  Association.      It  contains  a  detailed 
account  of  the  circumstances  attending  the  death  of  Captain  Cook. 

3  An   impartial  history  of  the  war  in  America  between  Great 

Britain  and  the  United  States,  &c.  with  copper-plates. 
8vo.  2  vols.  Boston,  N.A. 

Warden,  Bib.  Amer.  59. 

4  New  travels  through  North  America ;    in  a  series  of  letters, 

exhibiting  the  history  of  the  victorious  campaign  of  the  allied 
armies,  under  General  Washington  and  Count  Rochambeau, 
in  the  year  1781,  &c.  Translated  from  the  original  of  the 
Abbe  Robin,  one  of  the  chaplains  to  the  French  army  in 
America.  .  .  •  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  112. 

See  No.  35, 1782. 


312  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1783.  6  Remarks  on  the  Letters  from  an  American  Farmer ;  or  a  de- 
tection of  the  errors  of  Mr.  J.  Hector  St.  John;  pointing  out 
the  pernicious  tendency  of  these  letters  to  Great  Britain. 
8vo.  Fielding, . 

The  writer  of  this  pamphlet  is  of  opinion  that  Mr.  St.  John's  design,  in 
publishing  his  letters,  was  to  diffuse  a  spirit  of  migrating  to  America. 
He  accuses  him  also  of  a  palpable  falsehood,  in  describing  himself  as  a 
native  American  descended  from  Scotch  parents,  it  being  a  fact,  accord- 
ing to  this  writer,  well  known,  that  he  is  a  native  of  Normandj,  and  that 
his  chief  residence  while  in  America  was  at  New  York.  The  author 
was  the  Rev.  Samuel  Ayscough.   Nichols,  ix.  p.  65. 

6  The  American  wanderer  through  various  parts  of  Europe. 
In  a  series  of  letters  to  a  Lady,  interspersed  with  a  variety  of 
interesting  anecdotes.     By  a  Virginian.         Robson, . 

Bvo. 

7  A  letter  from  General  Washington  to  General  Green. 
8vo.  Stockdale, . 

*'  An  exposition  of  the  motives  of  this  American  Cincinnatus  for  returning 
again  to  the  plough.  His  reasons  do  honour  to  his  good  understanding 
and  amiable  disposition  ;  and  his  parting  advice  to  the  United  States,  is 
such  as  they  ought  to  write  in  letters  of  gold  on  the  front  of  their  state- 
house,  if  they  had  enough  of  that  precious  metal  to  spare  from  more 
pressing  demands."  M.R. 

8  The  recovery  of  America  demonstrated  to  be  practicable  by 
Great  Britain,  upon  principles  and  deductions  that  are  clear, 
precise,  and  convincing.  Containing,  among  other  matters, 
a  copy  of  the  outlines  of  a  plan  for  reinstating  the  British 
empire.  Addressed  to  the  Earl  of  Shelburne,  when  his  lord- 
ship was  one  of  H.  M.'s  principal  secretaries  of  State,  &c. 
By  the  Author,  a  man  of  no  party,  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
This  author's  plan  is  to  attack  the  power  of  Prussia  by  sea,  purposely  to 
produce  a  general  European  war,  for  the  sake  of  enforcing  alliances,  and 
finding  employment  at  home  for  those  powers  who  now  assist  the 
American  States  :  and  then,  says  the  author,  "  America  will  gladly  treat 
with  Great  Britain  upon  terms  short  of  independence.'' 

9  Observations  on  the  commerce  of  the  American  States.  With 
an  appendix,  containing  an  account  of  all  the  rice,  indio-o, 
cochineal,  tobacco,  sugar,  molasses,  and  rum,  imported  into, 
and  exported  from  Great  Britain  the  last  ten  years ;   of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  313 

value  of  all  merchandize  imported  into,  and  exported  from   1783. 

England  ;    of  the  imports  and  exports  of  Philadelphia,  New 

York,  &c.     Also,  an  account  of  the  shipping  employed  in 

America  previous  to  the  war.  .  Debrett,  — — . 

8vo. 

First  edition  of  Lord  Sheffield's  work. 

10  The  American   and  British  chronicle  of  war  and  politics; 

being  an  accurate  and  comprehensive  register  of  the  most 
memorable  occurrences  in  the  last  ten  years  of  H.  M.'s 
reign  :  in  which  will  be  found  above  eighteen  hundred  inter- 
esting events,  during  the  late  war  between  Great  Britain  and 
America,  France,  Spain,  and  Holland ;  from  May  10,  1773, 
to  July  16,  1783.  The  whole  carefully  collected  from  au- 
thentic records,  and  correctly  arranged  in  chronological 
order,  &c.  .  .  Author, . 

8vo.  pp.  130. 

Dedication  signed  E.  I.  S. 

1 1  An  authentic  copy  of  the  provisional  and  preliminary  articles 

of  peace  between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  of 
America,  the  King  of  France,  and  the  King  of  Spain,  signed 

November  30,  1782,  and  Jan.  20,  1783.   Stockdale, . 

Bvo. 

12  Preliminary  articles  of  peace  between  Great  Britain  and 

the  United  States  of  America,  the  King  of  France,  and  the 

King  of  Spain,  &c.     In  French  and  English.     By  Authority. 

8vo.  Harrison  and  Co., . 

13  A   FREE   AND   IMPARTIAL   EXAMINATION   of  the  preliminary 

articles  of  pacification.  With  a  retrospective  review  of  the 
rise,  and  various  stages  of  the  war.  By  a  Member  of  Parlia- 
ment. .  .  .  Fielding, , 

8vo. 

14  A  LETTER  to  the  Earl  of  Shelburne  on  the  peace. 
8vo.  Debrett, . 

These  tvro  last  articles  are  anti-ministerial,  and  consequently  anti-pacific. 

15  Observations  on  the  preliminary  and  provisional  articles. 
8vo.  Debrett,  &c., . 


16  Candid    and    impartial  considerations  on  the  preliminary 

articles,  &c.     By  a  country  gentleman.         Robson, . 

8vo. 


314  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1783.   17  Thoughts  on  the  teace.     In  a  letter  from  the  country. 
8vo.  Debrett, 


The  three  last  articles  are  in  favour  of  the  peace,  and  defend  the  ministrj 
for  making  it. 

18  An  address  to  the  people  of  Great  Britain,  containing  thoughts 

entertained  during  the  Christmas  recess,  on  the  independence 
of  America.  Milne,  , 

8vo. 
"  A  strenuous  advocate  for  that  British  declaration  of  American  indepen- 
dence that  has  lately  taken  place,  as  well  on  the  ground  of  policy  as  of 
necessity."    M.R. 

19  Considerations  on  the  provisional  treaty  with  America,  and 

the  preliminary  articles  of  peace  with  France  and  Spain. 

8vo.  Cadell, . 

The  author  of  this  pamphlet  appears  to  have  been  a  person  of  some  note 
well  acquainted  with  the  secrets  of  the  British  cabinet.  He  enters  into 
an  examination  of  the  several  articles  of  the  treaty,  and  vindicates  them 
from  the  mistakes  and  misrepresentations  of  those  who  had  not  well 
weighed  them,  or  were  interested  in  decrying  them.  He  observes,  that  "we 
had  not  a  moment  to  lose,  and  if  we  had  lost  the  opportunity  of  reconcili- 
ation with  America,  it  would  in  all  probability  never  have  returned  till 
England  was  totally  undone."  He  hints  at  some  secrets  of  very  great 
consequence,  which,  if  disclosed,  would  make  the  necessity  of  peace  appear 
still  more  obvious,  and  pays  a  high  compliment  to  the  ministry,  for  their 
prudence  and  generosity  in  not  revealing  them,  and  vindicating  them- 
selves from  the  irritating  refle,ctions  which  have  been  so  liberally  thrown 
on  their  conduct  and  characters,  for  acting  a  part  which  deserves  the 
warmest  applause  of  their  country.  I  possess  a  copy  with  the  following 
note  on  the  back  of  the  title :  '*  Rev.  Dr.  Rees  told  me  that  Rev.  Dr* 
Kippis  told  him  that  the  materials  for  this  pamphlet  were  sent  to  him  by 
the  Earl  of  Shelburne,  from  which  Dr.  K.  composed  it,  and  that  he  was 
paid  for  it  more  handsomely  than  such  things  are  usually  paid  for.  A.  H." 

20  Provisional  articles  signed  at  Paris  the  30th  of  November, 

1782,  by  the  Commissioner  of  his  Britannic  Majesty,  and  the 
Commissioners  of  the  United  States  of  America.  Published 
by  authority.  ....  London, 

Quarto,  pp.  8. 

21  Thoughts  on  the  difficulties  and  distresses  in  which  the  peace 

of  1783  has  involved  the  people  of  England;  on  the  present 
disposition  of  the  English,  Scots,  and  Irish,  to  emigrate  to 
America ;  and  on  the  hazard  they  run  (without  certain  pre- 
cautions) of  rendering  their  condition  more  deplorable.     Ad- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  315 

dressed  to  the  R.  H.  Charles  James  Fox.     By  John  King,   1783. 

Esq.  .  .  .  Fielding, . 

8vo. 
A  bitter  invective  ag^nst  Mr.  Fox,  with  a  number  of  anecdotes  of  a  political 
nature,  in  which  characters  of  all  complexions  and  degrees  are  treated 
with  great  asperitj,  written  in  a  harsh  and  declamatory  strain. 

22  The  treaties  between  H.  M.  C.  M.  and  the  thirteen  United 

States  of  America.     Published  by  order  of  Congress. 
8vo.  ....  Philadelphia. 

London,  reprinted  for  Stockdale. 

23  The  claims  of  the  American  Loyalists  impartially  stated  and 

considered.     Printed  by  order  of  their  agents. 
8vo.  ....  Wilkie, . 

24  The  particular  case  of  the  Georgia  Loyalists ;    in  addition 

to  the  general  case  and  claim  of  the  American  Loyalists. 
8vo.  ....  Wilkie,  ' . 

25  Observations  on  the  fifth  article  of  the  Treaty  with  America; 

and  on  the  necessity  of  appointing  a  judicial  inquiry  into  the 
merits   and  losses  of  the  American  Loyalists.      Printed  by 

order  of  the  agents.  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

26  Lieut.  James  Moody's  narrative  of  his  exertions  and  sufferings 

in  the  cause  of  Government  since  the  year  1776;  authenti- 
cated by  proper  certificates.  Richardson  &  Co. . 

8vo. 
«  Lieut.  Moody,  an  American  fanner,  was  so  harassed  by  mobs,  associations, 
and  committees,  that,  driven  into  the  British  lines,  he  became  an  active, 
and  in  some  instances  successful  partizan  against  his  countrymen." 

27  Directions  to  the  American  Loyalists,  in  order  to  enable  them 

to  state  their  cases,  by  way  of  memorial  to  the  Commissioners 
appointed  to  enquire  into  the  losses  and  services  of  those 
persons  who  have  suffered  in  consequence  of  their  loyalty,  &c. 

By  a  Loyalist.  .  .  .  Flexney, . 

8vo. 

28  A  REPLY   to  Sir  Henry   Clinton's  narrative.      Wherein   his 

numerous  errors  are  pointed  out,  and  the  conduct  of  Lord 
Cornwallis  fully  vindicated  from  all  aspersions  :  including  the 
whole  of  the  public  and  secret  correspondence  between  Lord 


316  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1783.  George  Gerraaine,  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  and  his  Lordship:  as 

also  intercepted  letters  from  General  Washington. 

8vo.  pp.  109.  .  .  .  Faulder, 

This  anonymous  reply  is  debased  with  illiberal  epithets  and  sarcastic  ex- 
pressions, very  different  from  the  plain,  modest  style  in  which  Sir  H.  C. 
relates  his  story. 

29  An  answer  to  that  part  of  the  narrative  of  Lieut.  Gen.  Sir 
Henry  Clinton,  k.b.,  which  relates  to  the  conduct  of  Lieut. 
Gen.  Earl  Cornwallis,  during  the  campaign  in  North  America, 
in  the  year  1781.     By  Earl  Cornwallis.         Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  260. 
This  answer  consists  of  the  chain  of  correspondence  between  the  two  com- 
manders during  the  campaign  referred  to,  for  the  purpose  of  proving  that 
"  the  conduct  and  opinions  of  the  author  were  not  the  cause  of  the  catas- 
trophe which  terminated  the  unfortunate  campaign  of  1781 ." 

30  Observations  on  some  parts  of  the  answer  of  Earl  Cornwallis 
to  Sir  Henry  Clinton's  narrative.  By  Lieut.  Gen.  Sir  Henry 
Clinton,  k.b.  To  which  is  added,  an  Appendix,  containing 
extracts  of  letters  and  other  papers,  to  which  reference  is 
necessary.  .  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo. 

31  A  viE>v  of  the  constitution  of  the  British  colonies  in  North 
America  and  the  West  Indies,  at  the  time  the  civil  war  broke 
out  on  the  continent  of  America.  In  which  notice  is  taken 
of  such  alterations  as  have  happened  since  that  time,  down 
to  the  present  period.  With  a  variety  of  colony  precedents, 
which  are  chiefly  adapted  to  the  British  West  India  Islands ; 
and  may  be  useful  to  those  who  have  any  intercourse  with  the 
colonies.  By  Anthony  Stokes,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  London, 
barrister  at  law,  H.  M.'s  chief  justice  of  Georgia. 

8vo.  ....  White, . 

"  This  work  consists  chiefly  of  forms  of  legal  process,  and  deeds,  used  on 
the  most  current  occasions  in  the  plantations.  These  precedents  are  in- 
troduced with  a  very  intelligent  account  of  the  late  constitution  of  tho 
North  American  provinces  under  British  government ;  and  the  present 
frame  of  their  government  as  independent  united  states  ;  interspersed 
with  such  observations  as  show  the  author  to  be  well  qualified  for  the 
task  he  has  executed."  M.R. 

32  Political  reflections  on  the  late  colonial  governments ; 
in  which  their  original  constitutional  defects  are  pointed  out, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  317 

and  shewn  to  have  naturally  produced  the  rebellion  which   1783. 
has  unfortunately  terminated  in  the  dismemberment  of  the 

British  empire.     By  an  American.  .        Wilkie, . 

8vo. 

"  A  review  of  the  several  forms  of  government  established  by  Great  Britain 
in  America,  tending  to  show  that  the  seeds  of  revolt  were  sown  in  the 
discordant  principles  of  their  composition ;  for  that  the  delegated  powers 
not  being  tempered  according  to  the  constitution  of  the  parent  state,  no 
permanent  harmony  could  subsist  between  them."  M.R. 

33  Addresses  and  recommendations  to  the  States,  by  the  United 

States  in  Congress  assembled.     By  order  of  Congress. 
8vo.  ....  Stockdale, . 

"  Should  we  now  think  ourselves  little  interested  in  the  subjects  of  these 
American  state  papers,  we  may  however  be  much  gratified  in  perusing 
them,  as  pieces  of  fine,  energetic  writing,  and  masterly  eloquence.  It 
would  be  a  curious  speculation  for  the  philosoi)hical  enquirer,  to  account 
for  the  perfection  to  which  the  English  language  has  been  carried  in  our 
late  colonies,  amidst  the  clamours  and  horrors  of  war."  M.R. 

34  The   constitutions   of  the    several   independent   States   of 

America  :  the  declaration  of  independence  ;  and  the  articles 
of  confederation  between  the  said  States.  To  which  are  now 
added,  the  declaration  of  rights;  the  non-importation  agree- 
ment ;  and  the  petition  of  Congress  to  the  King.  With  an 
Appendix,  containing  the  treaties  between  H.  M.  C.  M.  and 
the  United  States ;  the  provisional  treaty  with  America  ;  and 
(never  before  published)  an  authentic  copy  of  the  treaty  con- 
cluded between  the  States  General  and  the  United  States  of 
America.      With  a  preface  and  dedication.      By  the  Rev. 

William  Jackson.  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo. 

"  The  American  constitutions  differ  in  many  particulars,  some  partaking 
more,  others  less  of  the  nature  of  a  pure  democracy  j  but  they  are  oil 
valuable,  because  all  favourable  to  liberty."     Pre/ace. 

35  A  MEMORIAL  addressed  to  the  sovereigns  of  America.     By  T. 

Pownall,  late  Governor,  Captain-general,  Vice-admiral,  &c. 
of  the  Provinces,  now  States  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and 
South  Carolina ;  and  Lieutenant  Governor  of  New  Jersey. 

8vo.  Debrett, . 

Gov.  Pownall's  memorial  was  published  the  same  year  in  French. 


318  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1783.  36  Observations  on  the  means  of  preserving  and  restoring  health 

in  the  West  Indies.  .  .  DiUy> • 

12mo. 

By  Mr.  RoUo,  author  of  a  work  on  the  diseases  of  St.  Lucia. 

37  Free  and  candid  reflections,  occasioned  by  the  late  addi- 
tional duties  on  sugars  and  rum,  submitted  to  the  considera- 
tion of  the  British  ministry,  the  members  of  both  houses  of 
Parliament,  and  the  proprietors  of  sugar  estates  in  the  West 
India  colonies.  By  John  Gardner  Kemeys,  esq.  of  Plantain 
Garden  River  plantation,  in  Jamaica,  &c. 

8vo.  Becket,  &c. . 

38  Le  voyageur  Americain,  ou  observations  sur  I'etat  actuel, 
la  culture,  le  commerce  des  colonies  Britanniques  en  Am6- 
rique,  &c.  Traduit  de  I'Anglois,  augment^  d'un  precis  sur 
I'Amerique  Septentrionale  et  la  republique  des  Treize- Etats- 
Unis.     Par  M,  Jh.  M.  .  .  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  264. 
A  translation  of  The  American  Traveller,  1769,  by  M.  Joseph  Mandrillon, 
author  of  Le  Spectateur  Americain,  1T84.     With  the  addition  of  a  sketch 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  treaty  with  Holland  of  1782. 

39  Journal  d'un  officier  de  I'armee  navale  en  Amerique,  en  1781 
et  1782.  ....  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  72. 
Relates  principally  to  the  operations  of  the  Count  de  Grasse  in  America. 

40  EsQuissE  iNTiREssANTE  du  tableau  fidMe  des  causes  qui  ont 
occasionne  les  revolutions  actuelles  de  TAmerique  Septentri- 
onale ;  ornee  d'anecdotes  historiques,  etc.  Revue  et  corrigee 
k  Versailles.  .  .  Philadelphie  {Paris  ?) 

8vo. 

Warden's  Bib.  Am.  Sept.  p.  27. 

41  HisToiRE  RAisoNNEE  des  Operations  militaires  et  politiques  de 
la  derniere  guerre,  suivie  d'observations  sur  la  revolution  qui 
est  arrivee  dans  les  moeurs  et  sur  celle  qui  est  sur  le  point 
d'arriver  dans  la  constitution  d'Angleterre,  par  Joly  de  St. 
Valier.  .....  Liege. 

8vo. 

42  Almanacii  Americain,  ou  etat  physique,  politique,  ecclesias- 
tiquc,  et  militairc  dc  TAmerique ;   ouvrage  qui  comprend  les 


Bibliotheca  Americana  NoDa.  319 

forces,  la  population,  les  loix,  le  commerce  et  radministration  1783. 
de  chaque  province  de  cette  partie  du  monde ;  le  tableau  de 
ceux  qui  y  figurent  par  leurs  charges  et  par  leurs  dignit^s, 
celui  de  la  marine  des  peuples  Europeans  qui  y  ont  des  pos- 
sessions et  les  noms  des  officiers  qui  sont  employes  dans  cette 
partie  de  I'administration  publique.  Par  M.  P.  D.  L.  R.  C. 
A.  L.  T.  de  M.  .  .  Paris. 

16mo. 
Barbier  says  that  tbe  Almanach  Americain,  Paris,  1786,  and  following 

jeare,  was  edited  bj  M.  Poncelin  de  la  Roche  Tillac.      He  probably 

refers  to  a  continuation  of  this  work. 

43  NouvEAU  VOYAGE  k  la  Mer  du  Sud,  commence  par  Marion, 

acheve  par  Duclesmeur,  et  redige  d'apr^s  les  journaux  de 
Crozet;  on  y  a  joint  un  extrait  de  celui  de  Surville  dans  les 
m&mes  parages.  ....  Paris. 

8vo. 

Bj  Alexis  Rochon.    See  1800. 

44  Sagoio  Bulla  nautica  antica  de'  Veneziani,  con  una  illustra- 

zione  d'alcune  carte  idrografiche  antiche  della  biblioteca  di 
S.  Marco,  che  dimonstrano  I'isole  Antille  prima  della  scoperta 
di  Cristoforo  Colombo,  di  Vinceuzio  Formaleoni.       Venezia. 
Svo. 

45  Tratado  definitivo  de  paz  concluido  entre  el  Rey  nuestro 

senor  y  el  Rey  de  la  Gran  Bretaiia,  firmado  en  Versailles  k  3 
de  Setiembre  de  1783,  con  sus  articulos  preliminares. 
4to.  pp.  94.  Madrid. 

46  HisTORiA  de  la  conquista  de  Mexico.     Por  Don  Antonio  de 

Solis.  ....  Madrid. 

Quarto,  2  vols,  plates. 
This  is  by  far  the  best  edition  of  Solis's  esteemed  work.    The  copies  on 
LARGE  PAPER,  which  are  yery  scarce,  do  honour  to  the  press  of  Sancha. 

47  Reales  ordenanzas  para  la  direccion,  regimen,  y  gobierno 

del  importante  cuerpo  de  la  Mineria  de  Nueva-Espana  y  de 
sil  real  tribunal  general.     De  orden  de  S.  M.  Madrid. 

Folio,  pp.  46  and  214. 

Printed  only  for  the  ase  of  the  parties  concerned. 

48  Memortas    iiisTORiCAS    de    la   ultima    guerra   con    la   Gran 

Brctana  desde  el  aiio  1774  hasta  su  conclusion.    Tomo  1°. 


320  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1783.  Estados  Unidos  de  America.     Ano  1774  y  1775.       Madrid. 

Quarto. 
The  dedication  of  this  work  to  Count  Florida- Blanca  is  signed  D.  Josef  de 
Coharrubias.   It  does  not  appear  that  the  continuation  was  ever  published. 

49  Reflexion Es  imparciales  sobre  la  humanidad  de  los  Espa- 

noles  en  Indias  contra  los  pretendidos  filosofos  y  politicos, 

para   servir   de   luz   k   las   historias   de   los  S"'*    Raynal  y 

Robertson  :  de  D.  Juan  de  Nuix  y  de  Perpind,  anadidas  por 

el  mismo  autor  y  traducidas  del  idioma  Italiano  al  Espanol 

por  su  hermano  D.  Josef  de  Nuix  y  de  Perpind. 

Small  4to.  pp.  523.  Cervera. 

This  second  translation  (see  No.  44,  1782)  of  the  Abb6  Nuix's  defence  of 

the  conduct  of  the  Spaniards  in  America,  was  made  by  the  brother  of  the 

author,  from  a  copy  sent  to  him  for  the  purpose,  with  considerable 

additions. 


MDCCLXXXIV. 

1  A  voyage  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.     Undertaken  by  the  com- 

mand of  his  Majesty  for  making  discoveries  in  the  Northern 
hemisphere.       Performed   under  the  direction   of  Captains 
Cook,  Clerke,  and  Gore,   in  his  Majesty's  ships  the  Resolu- 
tion and  Discovery,  in  the  years  1776,  1777,  1778,  1779,  and 
1780.     In  three  volumes.      Vol.  I.  and  II.  written  by  Capt. 
James  Cook;  Vol.  III.  by  Captain  James  King-,  LL.D.  and 
F.R.S.  .....  London. 

4to.  3  vols,  and  atlas  in  folio. 

2  The  History  of  New  Hampshire.     Vol.  I.     Comprehending 

the  events  of  one  complete  century,  from  the  first  discovery 

of  the  river  Pascataqua.     By  Jeremy  Belknap,  A.M.  member 

of  the  American  Philosophical    Society  at  Philadelphia  for 

promoting  useful  knowledge.  ,  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

Reprinted  in  1792.  The  second  volume  was  published  in  1791,  the  third  in 

1792:  the  whole  were  reprinted  in  1813. 

3  A  TOUR  in  the  United  States  of  America:  containing  an  account 

of  the  present  situation  of  that  country  ;  the  population,  agri- 
culture, commerce,  customs  and  manners  of  the  inhabitants ; 
anecdotes  of  several  members  of  the  Congress,  and  general 


Bibiiotbeca  Americana  Nova.  321 

officers  in  the  American  army ;  and  many  other  very  singular  1784. 
and  interesting  occurrences.  With  a  description  of  the 
Indian  nations,  the  general  face  of  the  country,  mountains, 
forests,  rivers,  and  the  most  beautiful,  grand  and  picturesque 
views  throughout  that  vast  continent.  Likewise  improvements 
in  husbandry,  that  may  be  adopted  with  great  advantage  in 
Europe.     By  J.  F.  D.  Smyth,  Esq. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Robinson,  &c.  . 

Mr.  Smyth  was  an  European  who  went  to  America  to  try  his  fortune  as  a 
planter.  During  the  war  he  leagued  with  the  government,  and  the  zeal 
of  loyalty  proved  the  destruction  of  his  property.  This  work  appears  to 
have  been  written  for  the  purpose  of  gaining  favor  with  the  government, 
by  abusing  the  Americans,  and  magnifying  his  own  sacrifices. 

A  GENUINE  DETAIL  of  the  scvcral  engagements,  positions,  move- 
ments of  the  Royal  and  the  American  armies,  during  the 
years  1775  and  1776.  With  an  accurate  account  of  the 
blockade  of  Boston,  and  a  plan  of  the  works  on  Bunker's 
Hill,  at  the  time  it  was  abandoned  by  his  Majesty's  forces,  on 
the  17th  of  March,  1776.  In  a  series  of  letters  to  a  friend. 
By  William  Carter,  late  a  lieutenant  of  the  40th  regiment  of 
Foot.  .  .  Kearsley, . 

4to.  pp.  50. 

Opinions  on  interesting  subjects  of  public  law  and  commercial 
policy,  arising  from  American  independence  :  §1.  The  question 
answered.  Whether  the  citizens  of  the  United  States  are  con- 
sidered by  the  laws  of  England  as  aliens ;  what  privileges  are 
they  intitled  to  within  the  kingdom  ;  what  rights  can  they 
claim  in  the  remaining  colonies  of  Britain?  §2.  The  regula- 
tions for  opening  the  American  trade  considered ;  faults 
found  and  amendments  proposed;  how  the  late  proclamations 
affect  the  United  States  discussed :  objections  pointed  out, 
and  alterations  suggested.  §3.  How  far  the  British  West 
Indies  were  injured  by  the  late  proclamations  fully  investi- 
gated ;  the  amount  of  their  wants  discovered ;  modes  of 
supply  shewn  ;  and  the  policy  of  admitting  the  American 
vessels  into  their  ports  amply  argued.  §4.  An  inquiry  how 
far  a  commercial  treaty  with  the  United  States  is  necessary, 
or  would  be  advantageous :  what  the  laws  of  England  have 
already  provided  on  this  subject ;    and  the  fundamental  laws 


322  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1784.  of  the  United   States  compared   with   them.       By  George 

Chalmers,  author  of  Political  Annals,  &c.     Debrett, . 

8vo. 

"  Those  who  wish  to  gain  solid  information  on  the  topics  above  enume- 
rated, will  meet  with  ample  satisfaction  in  the  perusal  of  this  elaborate 
performance."  M.R. 

6  Observations  on  the  government  and  laws  of  the  United  States 
of  America:  translated  from  the  French  of  the  Abbe  de 
Mably,  with  a  preface  by  the  translator.  .  Hague. 

Svo. 

This  work  consists  of  four  letters  addressed  to  John  Adams,  Esq.,  with 
a  preface  by  the  translator,  who  does  not  seem  to  consider  himself  bound 
to  adopt  all  the  opinions  of  his  author.  These,  in  fact,  are  not  so  liberal 
as  was  to  be  expected  from  a  character  so  distinguished  in  the  literary 
world.  His  work  contains  some  observations  which  are  the  result  of 
good  sense,  and  a  great  knowledge  of  mankind,  yet  amidst  these  there 
are  many  things  which  betray  the  author's  country  and  religious  per- 
suasion. 

7  Remarks  concerning  the  government  and  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  in  four  letters,  addressed  to  Mr. 
Adams,  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the  United  States  of 
America  to  those  of  Holland;  and  one  of  the  negociators  for 
the  purpose  of  concluding  a  general  peace.  From  the  French 
of  the  Abbe  de  Mably.     With  notes  by  the  translator. 

Svo.  Debrett, . 

This  translation  is  by  a  different  hand  from  the  foregoing. 

8  An  historical  narrative  and  topographical  description  of 
Louisiana  and  West  Florida ;  comprehending  the  river  Mis- 
sissippi, with  its  principal  branches  and  settlements,  and  the 
rivers  Pearl,  Pascagoula,  Mobille,  Perdido,  Escambia, 
Chacta-hatcha,  &c.;  the  soil,  climate,  and  produce,  &c.  By 
Thomas  Hutchins,  geographer  to  the  United  States. 

8vo.  pp.  94.  Philadelphia. 

9  The  discovery,  settlement,  and  present  state  of  Kentucke  : 
and  an  essay  towards  the  topography  and  natural  history  of 
that  important  country.  To  which  is  added,  an  appendix, 
containing: — I.  The  adventures  of  Col.  Daniel  Boon,  one  of 
the  first  settlers,  comprehending  every  important  occurrence 
in  the  political  history  of  that  province. — II.  The  minutes  of 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  323 

the  Piankashaw  council,  held  at  Port  St.  Vincent,  April  15,  1784. 
1784. —  III.  An  account  of  the  Indian  nations  inhabiting  '■•"'^ 
within  the  limits  of  the  thirteen  United  States,  their  manners 
and  customs,  and  reflections  on  their  origin. — IV.  The  stages 
and  distances  between  Philadelphia  and  the  falls  of  the  Ohio, 
from  Pittsburg  to  Pensacola,  and  several  other  places.  The 
whole  illustrated  by  a  new  and  accurate  map  of  Kentucke 
and  the  country  adjoining,  drawn  from  actual  surveys.  By 
John  Filson.  .  .  Wilmington. 

8vo.  pp.  118. 
Reprinted  in  1792.     A  French  translation  was  published  at  Paris  in  1785. 

10  History  of  the  disputes  with  America,  from  their  origin  in 

1754.     Written  in  the  year  1774.     By  John  Adams,  Esq. 

8vo.  Stockdale,  .. 

"The  avowed  design  of  this  pamphlet  is  to  'pursue  the  tones  through  all 
their  dark  intrigues  and  wicked  machinations,  and  to  shew  the  rise  and 
progress  of  their  schemes  for  enslaving  America.'  The  conduct  of 
Barnard  and  Hutchinson  is  treated  with  great  freedom  and  asperity;  nor 
is  the  indignant  author  less  sparing  of  some  eminent  statesmen  in 
England,  under  whose  influence  they  projected  and  pursued  the  inauspi- 
cious system  of  American  taxation.''  M.R, 

11  Remarks  concerning  the  savages  of  North  America. 

8vo.  Birmingham, 

In  an  advertisement  to  this  tract  it  is  stated  that  it  was  written  by  Dr. 
Franklin,  and  taken  from  a  copy  printed  by  himself,  for  his  own  amuse- 
ment, at  his  house  at  Passy.  "  It  is  strongly  marked  by  that  plainness 
and  simplicity  of  manner,  accompanied  by  that  point  and  poignancy, 
which  distinguish  the  doctor's  writings,  whenever  he  chooses  to  indulge 
his  vein  of  pleasantry."  M.R. 

12  Two   tracts:    Information   to  those  who  would   remove   to 

America ;    and  remarks  concerning   the  savages   of  North 

America.     By  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin.      Stockdale, . 

8vo. 
The  first  of  these  tracts  was  written  by  Dr.  Franklin,  on  account  of  numer- 
ous applications  made  to  him  by  persons  desirous  of  emigrating  to 
America,  with  sanguine  expectations,  in  order  that  they  might  not  be 
disappointed  on  their  arrival.  The  second  tract  is  a  reprint  of  the  pre- 
ceding number. 

13  An  address  to  the   United   Stales  of  North   America.     To 

which  is  added,  a  letter  to  the  Hon.  Robert  Morris,   Esq. 


3'24  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1784.  with  notes  and  observations.     By  Silas  Deane,  Esq.  late  one 

of  the  commissioners  plenipotentiary  from  the  United  States 

to  the  court  of  Versailles.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo. 
Mr.  Deane 's  viDdication  from  the  charge  of  mismanagement  of  the  public 
muney. 

14  Remarks  on  the  climate,  produce,  and  natural  advantages  of 
Nova  Scotia.  In  a  letter  to  the  Right  Honourable  the  Earl 
of  Macclesfield.  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo. 

A  verj  favourable  account  of  Nova  Scotia. 

15  Observations  on  the  commerce  of  the  American  States.  By 
John  Lord  Sheffield.  With  an  appendix,  containing  tables 
of  the  imports  and  exports  of  Great  Britain  to  and  from  all 
parts,  from  1700  to  1783.  Also  the  exports  of  America,  &c. 
With  remarks  on  those  tables,  on  the  trade  and  navigation  of 
Great  Britain,  and  on  the  late  proclamations,  &c.  The  sixth 
edition,  enlarged.     With  a  complete  index  to  the  whole. 

8vo.  pp.  345,  tables,  &c.  Debrett, . 

The  first  edition  was  published  anonymously,  in  1783, 

16  A  LETTER  from  an  American  now  resident  in  London,  to  a 
Member  of  Parliament,  on  the  subject  of  the  restraining  pro- 
clamation ;  and  containing  strictures  on  Lord  Sheffield's 
pamphlet  on  the  commerce  of  the  American  States. 

8vo.  Stockdale, . 

A  well  written  remonstrance  against  the  proclamation  confining  all  com- 
mercial intercourse  between  the  United  States  and  the  West  Indies  to 
British  shipping. 

17  Considerations  on  the  present  situation  of  Great  Britain  and 
the  United  States  of  North  America,  with  a  view  to  their 
future  commercial  connexions ;  particularly  designed  to  ex- 
pose the  dangerous  tendency  of  the  arguments  used,  and  of 
the  conclusions  drawn  in  a  late  pamphlet  published  by  Lord 
Sheffield,  &c.  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo. 
This  writer  particularly  recommends  the  cultivation  of  a  close  commercial 
union  with  the  American  States,  which  he  considers  as  still  practicable. 
The  first  edition,  published  anonymously,  of  the  following  work  : 

18  CoNSiDiaiATiONs,  &c.     The  second  edition,  to  which  is  now 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  325 

first  added,  the  plan  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  for  the  establish-  1784. 
nient  and  regulation  of  our  trade  with  the  American  States.  "^'*' 
Also  a  preface,  containing  remarks  upon  the  authorities  on 
which  Lord  Sheffield  has  formed  the  principal  part  of  his 
observations.  By  Richard  Champion,  Esq.  late  deputy  pay- 
master-general of  his  Majesty's  forces.  Stockdale,  — — — . 
8vo.  pp.  xxxiv.  274  and  36. 

19  Thoughts  on  the  late  proceedings  of  Government,  respecting 

the  trade  of  the  West  India  Islands  with  the  United  States  of 

America.     By  Brian  Edwards,  Esq.  Cadcll, . 

8vo. 
A  remonstrance  against  the  ill  policy  and  tendency  of  restricting  the  com- 
merce of  the  West  India  Islands  with  North  America  to  Ikitish  sliips. 
The  author  shevrs  himself  an   able  antagonist  to  Lord    Sheffield,   and 
expresses  himself  with  much  candour  and  liberality. 

20  A  FREE  AND  CANDID  rcvicw  of  a  Tract,  intitled  Observations 

on  the  Commerce  of  the  American  States,  shewing  the  per- 
nicious consequences,  both  to  Great  Britain  and  to  the  British 
sugar  islands,  of  the  systems  recommended  in  that  tract. 
8vo.  Lowndes . 

21  Considerations  on  the  present  state  of  the  intercourse  between 

H.  M.'s  sugar  colonies  and  the  dominions  of  the  United 
States  of  America.     James  Allen,  Secretary. 
Svo.  pp.  54. 
♦'  Published  by  tlie  West  India  merchants  and  planters,  for  distribution  to 
the  members  of  Paliament,  &c.  and  not  sold."  M.R.  70,  p.  434. 

22  An  address  to  Brian  Edwards,  Esq. ;  containing  remarks  on 

his  pamphlet,  intitled  Thoughts  on  the  late  proceeditujs,  SjC. 
Also,  observations  on  some  parts  of  a  pamphlet  lately  pub- 
lished by  the  West  India  planters  and  merchants,  intitled 
Considerations  on  the  present  state,  Sfc.     By  John  Stevenson. 

8vo.  Nicoll, . 

Mr.  Stevenson  is  a  strenuous  supporter  of  Lord  Sheffield's  argument  for 
restricting  the  intercourse  between  our  West  Indian  Ishuida  and  the 
American  States  to  British  ships,  according  to  the  Navigation  Act. 

23  Remarks  on  Lord  Sheffield's   Observations  on  the  Commerce 

of  the  American  States.     By  an  American. 

Svo.  Stockdale, . 

An  antagouist  to  Lord  Sheffield,  who  inveighs  against  the  climate,  soil,  aud 


326  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1784.  productions  of  Great  Britain,  and  draws  a  comparison  between  Great 

y^/^  Britain  and  France,  to  the  disadvantage  of  the  former. 

24  An  essay  on  the  treatment  and  conversion  of  African  slaves 

in  the  British  sugar  colonies.  By  the  Rev.  James  Ramsay,  m.  a., 

Vicar  of  Teston,  in  Kent.  .  .  Phillips, . 

8vo. 

25  An  enquiry  into  the  effects  of  putting  a  stop  to  the  African 

slave  trade,  and  of  granting  liberty  to  the  slaves  of  the 
British  sugar  colonies.      By  the  author  of  An  Essay  on  the 

Treatment,  8^-c.  .  .  .  Phillips, . 

8vo. 
The  author  of  these  two  tracts  is  a  warm  advocate  for  the  Blacks,  but  his 
views  seem  to  be  more  directed  towards  an  amelioration  of  their  condition, 
than  to  the  extinction  of  slavery.     See  Cursory  Remarks,  1185. 

26  A  SUMMARY  VIEW  of  the  courses  and  crops  in  the  husbandry 

of  England  and  Maryland  ;  with  a  comparison  of  their  pro- 
ducts ;  and  a  system  of  improved  courses  proposed  for  farms 
in  America.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

4to.  pp.  22. 

27  A  LETTER  from  Lieut.  Gen.  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  k.b.,  to  the 

commissioners  of  public  accounts,  relative  to  some  observa- 
tions in  their  seventh  report,  which  may  be  judged  to  imply 
censure  on  the  late  Commander-in-chief  of  H.  M.'s  army  in 

North  America.  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo. 

28  A  PiiiLOSorHiCAL  and  political  history  of  the  thirteen  United 

States  of  America.     By  James  Franklin,  Esq.  London. 

12mo. 

29  Le   spectateur   Americain,    ou    remarques    generates   sur 

I'Amerique  Septentrionale  et  sur  la  republique  des  treize- 
Etats-Unis.     Par  M.  Jh.  M ***••****,  Negociant  k  Am- 
sterdam, &c.  .  .  .  Amsterdam. 
8vo.  pp.  307. 
By  M.  Mandrillon.    At  the  end  of  the  work  is  an  essay  on  the  question, 
"  Whether  the  discovery  of  America  has  been  beneficial  to  mankind  or 
not?     If  benefits  have  resulted  from  it,  what  are  the  means  of  preserving 
and  increasing  them?     If  evils,  how  are  they  to  be  remedied?"     It  is 
separately  paged,  and  has  the  following  title  ; 

30  Recherciies  piiilosophiques  sur  la  decouverte  de  I'Amerique, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  327 

ou  discour8  sur  cette  question,  proposee  par  I'Academie  des   1784. 
Sciences,  Belles- Lettres  et  Arts  de  Lyon:  ** La decouverte  de    '-'^^ 
TAmerique  a-t-elle  ete  utile  ou  nuisible  au  genre  humain?"  &c. 
Par  M.  Jh.  M.  .  •  .  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  91. 

31  Appel  k  la  justice  de  I'etat,  ou  recueil   de   lettres  oil  sont 

fidelement  exposes  les  actes  horribles  de  la  violence  arbitraire 
qui  a  regne  dans  la  colonic  durant  les  derni^res  troubles,  et 
les  sentimens  du  Canada  sur  le  bill  de  Quebec,  et  sur  la 
forme  du  gouvernement  la  plus  propre  a  faire  renaitre  la  paix 
et  le  bonheur  public.     Par  Pierre  du  Calvet.  Londres. 

8vo. 

Printed  at  the  same  time  in  English. 

32  Lettres  d'un  cultivateur  Americain,  ecrites  k  W.  S.  Ecuyer, 

depuis  I'annee  1770,  jusqu'^  1781.  Traduites  de  I'Anglois, 
par  •  *  *.  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
This  translation  of  Hector  St.  John's  Farmer's  Letters  (No.  3,  1782,)  was 
made  by  the  author  himself.  The  work  is  highly  recommended  in  two 
letters,  by  way  of  introduction,  from  M.  de  Lacretelle.  Reprinted,  with 
additions,  in  17U7.  Uoucher  de  la  Richarderie  says  that  the  author  had 
been  so  long  unaccustomed  to  his  native  language  that  his  translation 
abounds  with  Anglicisms,  "  which,"  he  says,  "  however,  give  greater 
energy  to  his  expressions." 

33  Loix  et  CONSTITUTIONS  des  colonies  Francoises  de  I'Amerique 

sous  le  Vent,  suivies  (1)  d'un  tableau  raisonnee  des  differentes 
parties  de  I'administration  actuelle  de  ces  colonies; — (2) 
d'observations  generales  sur  le  climat,  la  population,  la  cul- 
ture, le  caract^re  et  les  moeurs  des  habitans  de  la  partie 
Franqoise  de  Saint-Domingue  ; — (3)  d'une  description 
physique,  politique  et  topographique  des  differens  quartiers 
de  cette  ra6me  partie,  le  tout  termine  par  I'histoire  de  cette 
Isle  et  de  ses  dependances  depuis  leur  decouverte  jusqu'^  nos 
jours.  Par  M.  Moreau  de  Saint-Mery,  Avocat  au  Parle- 
ment,  &c.  .  .  .  .  Paris. 

4to.  8  vols. 

34  Considerations  sur  I'ordre  de  Cincinnatus,  ou  imitation  d'un 

pamphlet  Americain,  par  le  Comte  de  Mirabeau.  Suivies  de 
plusieurs   pieces  relatives  k  cette  institution  ;    d'une  Icttrc 


328  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1784.  signee 'du  G^n^ral  Washington,  accompagnee  de  remarques 

par  I'auteur  Francois ;  d'une  lettre  de  feu  Monsieur  Turgot, 
Ministre  d'Etat  en  France,  au  Docteur  Price,  sur  les  Legisla- 
tions Americaines ;  et  de  la  traduction  d'un  pamphlet  au 
Docteur  Price,  intitulee  Observations  on  the  importance  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  the  means  of  making  it  a  benefit  to 
the  world ;  accompagnee  de  reflexions  et  de  notes  du  Tra- 
ducteur.  ....  Londres. 

8vo.  pp.  388. 

See  No.  13,  of  1785. 

35  Recueil  d'estampes,  representants  les  differents  ev^nements 
de  la  guerre  qui  a  procure  I'independance  aux  Etats  Unis  de 
I'Amerique  ....  Paris, 

4to. 
Sixteen  plates,  beautifully  engraved  by  Ponce  and  Godefroy.     They  consist 
of  imaginary  representations  of  some  of  the   principal  events  of  the 
American  war. 

36  HisToiRE  DE  l'administration  de  Lord  North,  Ministre 
des  Finances  en  Angleterre,  depuis  1770  jusqu'en  1782,  et  de 
la  guerre  de  I'Amerique  Septentrionale,  jusqu'^  la  paix : 
suivie  du  tableau  historique  des  finances  d'Angleterre,  depuis 
Guillaume  III.  jusqu'en  1784.  A  Londres  (Paris). 

8vo.  2  vols. 

The  author  of  this  work  (M.  Hilliard  D'Auberteuil)  says,  that  after  having 
translated  the  View  of  the  history  of  Great  Britain  during  the  Administra- 
tion of  Lord  North  (No.  11,  of  1T82),  he  thought  that  he  might  substitute 
in  its  place  a  less  prolix  and  more  complete  history,  preserving  all  that 
was  useful,  agreeable,  and  interesting  in  the  English  work  ;  and  adding 
an  account  of  events  which  would  comprise  a  complete  account  of  the 
American  war. 

37  Observations  sur  le  gouvernement  et  ka  loix  des  Etats  Unis 
d'Amerique.     Par  M.  VAbbe  de  Mubly.  Amsterdam. 

8vo. 

See  No.  5. 

38  HiSTORiA  de  abiponibus  equestri,  bellicosaque  Paraquarise 
natione  locupletata  copiosis  barbararum  gentium,  urbium, 
fluminum,  ferarum,  amphibiorum,  insectorum,  serpentium 
preecipuorum,  piscium,  avium, arborum,plantarum.  aliarumque 
ejusdem  provincise,   proprietatum  observationibus,    authore 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  329 

Martino  Dobrizhoffer,  Presbytero,  et  per  annos  duo  de  viginti   1784. 
Paraquariee  missionario.  .  .  Viennce.    "^^"^ 

8vo.  3  vols. 
Published  about  the  same  time  in  Oermnn  bj  Professor  Kreil.      An  English 
translation,  said  to  be  by  Soutbey,  was  published  in  185;2.     The  original 
Latin  edition  is  rare  in  England. 

39  NoRDAMERiCA,  nach  den  Friedent  schlussen  vom  Jahre,  1783. 
Nebst  1.  einem  Vorbericht  von  America  uberhaupt;  2.  einegen 
Charten,  und  3.  einem  hinlanglichen  Register;  von  Job. 
Jacobi  Moser.  ....  Leipzig. 


Bvo.  3  vols. 


Meusel  3.  1.  321. 


MDCCLXXXV. 

1  Memoirs  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  to 

the  end  of  the  year  1783.     Vol.  I.  .  Boston,  N.A. 

Quarto. 

Monthly  Review,  Nov.  1788. 

2  History  of  the  war  with  America,  France,  Spain,  and  Holland  ; 

commencing  in  1775,  and  ending  in  1783.    By  John  Andrews, 

LL.D. 

Bvo.  4  vols.     Portraits,  maps,  and  charts.  .  Loyidon. 

Compiled  chiefly  from  the  newspapers,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  House  of 
Commons. 

3  The  history  of  the  revolution  of  South  Carolina  from  a  British 

province  to  an  independent  state.  By  David  Ramsay,  m.d., 
Member  of  the  American  Congress.  .  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Bvo.  2  vols. 

A  French  translation  was  printed  in  1787. 

4  Akbustrum  Americanum  :  the  American  Grove,  or  an  alpha- 

betical catalogue  of  forest  trees  and  shrubs,  natives  of  the 
American  United  States,  arranged  according  to  the  Linnooan 
system,  containing  the  particular  distinguishing  characters  of 
each  genus,  with  plain,  simple,  and  familiar  descriptions  of 
the  manner  of  growth,  appearance,  «&c.  of  their  several  species 
and  varieties  :  also,  some  hints  of  their  uses  in  medicine, 
dyes,  and  domestic  economy.     Compiled  from  actual  know- 


330  Bibliotkeca  Americana  Nova. 

1785.  ledge  and  observation,  and  the  assistance  of  botanical  authors, 

^"^  by  Humphry  Marshall.  .  .  Philadelphia, 

8vo.  pp.  20,  174. 

Published  in  French  in  1788. 

5  The  crisis  of  the  colonies  considered ;  with  some  observations 

on  the  necessity  of  properly  connecting  their  commercial 
interest  with  Great  Britain  and  America.  Addressed  to  the 
Duke  of  Richmond.  With  a  letter  to  Lord  Penrhyn,  late 
Chairman   of  the  Committee  of  Planters  and  West  India 

Merchants.  .  .  .  Bew, . 

8vo. 
The  situation  of  the  British  sugar  islands,  iu  consequence  of  the  late  war, 
and  the  peace  by  which  that  war  was  terminated,  is  reviewed  in  this 
pamphlet.  The  author,  Mr.  John  Williams,  urges  the  necessity  of  pre- 
serving their  commercial  intercourse  with  America,  and  recommends  that 
free  porta  should  be  established  at  Jamaica  and  Grenada. 

6  Letters  to  a  young  planter ;  or  observations  on  the  manage- 

ment of  a  sugar  plantation.  To  which  is  added,  the  planter's 
kalendar.       Written  on  the  island  of  Grenada,  by  an  old 

Planter.  .  .  .  Strachan, . 

8vo. 

Highly  recommended  in  the  Monthly  Review. 

7  An  address  to  the  loyal  part  of  the  British  empire,  and  the 

friends  of  the  monarchy  throughout  the  globe.      By  John 
Cruden,    Esq. ;    president   of  the   Assembly  of  the  United 
Loyalists,  and  late  commissioner  of  sequestered  estates  in 
Carolina,  &c. 
8vo.  pp.  29. 
The  unfortunate  Loyalists  of  the  Southern  States,  who  took  refuge  in  Florida, 
under  the  promise  of  protection  from  the   British   government,  found 
themselves  at  the  peace  in  the  hands  of  the  Spaniards,  by  whom  they 
were  ordered  to  quit  the  country.     In  this  dilemma  they  empowered 
Mr.  Cruden  to  negociate  a  lottery  for  their  benefit,  which  gave  rise  to 
this  address. 

8  Cursory  remarks  upon  the  Reverend  Mr.  Ramsay's  Essay  on 

the  treatment  and  conversion  of  African  slaves  in  the  sugar 
colonics.     By  a  Friend  to  the  West  India  colonies  and  their 

inhabitants.  .  .  .  Wilkie, . 

8vo. 
A  very  able  defence  of  the  planters  and  slaveholders  in  the  British  West 


Bibliothcca  Americana  Nova.  331 

Indies  against  the  representations  of  Mr.  Ramsay.  Written  by  a  Mr.     1785. 
Tobin.  v^..^ 

9  A  coLLEC  rioN  of  acts  or  laws  passed  in  the  State  of  Massachu- 

setts Bay,    relative    to    the   American    Loyalists    and    their 

property.  .  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo.  pp.  33. 

10  A  SHORT  ADDRESS  to  the  disinterested  and  unprejudiced  citizens, 

merchants,  and  manufacturers  of  Great  Britain,  on  the  im- 
portance of  the  trade  of  this  country  with  the  United  States 
of  America  :  also  reasons  why,  as  customers,  they  should  not 
be  restricted,  like  other  foreign  nations,  from  sending  raw 
materials  to  this  country  in  payment  of  British  goods.     By  a 

Manufacturer.  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo.  pp.  24. 

11  A   POEM    addressed   to  the  United  States  of  America.      By 

David  Humphries,  Esq.,  colonel  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  aid-de-camp  to  H.  E.  the  Commander-in-chief. 

Quarto.  Kearsly, . 

First  printed  at  Newhaven,  Connecticut,  and  reprinted  in  Paris. 
"  To  inspire  our  countrymen  now  in  arms,  or  wlio  may  hereafter  be  called 
into  the  field,  with  perseverance  and  fortitude,  through  every  species  of 
difficulty  and  danger  to  continue  their  exertions  for  the  defence  of  their 
country  and  the  preservation  of  its  liberties,  is  the  object  of  this  address." 
Preface, 

12  Observations  on  the  importance  of  the  American  Revolution, 

and  the  means  of  making  it  a  benefit  to  the  world.  To  which 
is' added,  a  letter  from  M.  Turgot,  late  comptroller-general 
of  the  finances  of  France  ;  with  an  appendix,  containing  a 
translation  of  the  will  of  M.  Fortune  Ricard,  lately  published 
in  France.     By  Richard  Price,  d.d.,  ll.d.,  f.r.s.,  &c. 

8vo.  Cadell, . 

This  tract,  which  was  originally  intended  only  for  America,  was  translated 
into  French  by  the  celebrated  Mirabeau.  The  doctor  speaks  of  the 
American  revolution  as  "  a  revolution  which  opens  a  new  prospect  in 
human  affairs,  and  begins  a  new  a;ra  in  the  history  of  mankind, —  a  revo- 
lution by  which  Britons  themselves  will  bo  the  greatest  gainers,  if  wise 
enough  to  improve  properly  the  check  that  has  been  given  to  the  despot- 
ism of  their  ministers,  and  to  catch  tlie  flume  of  virtuous  liberty  which  has 
saved  their  American  brethren."  lie  uses  very  strong  language  with 
respect  to  religious  establishments,  the  spirit  of  which  he  condemns  as 
contrary  to  the  s])irit  of  Christianity  ;  and  ho  hopes  that  no  such  monster 
will  ever  be  known  in  America,  as  human  authority  in  maKers  of  religion. 


332  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1785.  13  Considerations  on  the  order  of  Cincinnatus;  to  which  are 
added,  as  well  several  original  papers  relative  to  that  institu- 
tion, as  also  a  letter  from  the  late  M.  Turgot,  comptroller  of 
the  finances  in  France,  to  Dr.'Price,  on  the  constitutions  of 
America  ;  and  an  abstract  of  Dr.  Price's  Observations  on  the 
importance  of  the  American  Revolution ;  with  notes  and  reflec- 
tions upon  that  work.     Translated  from  the  French  of  the 

Count  de  Mirabeau.  .  .  Johnson, . 

8vo. 
A  translation  of  No.  34,  of  1784.-.-"  In  this  work  much  eloquence  is  em- 
ployed to  prove  that  the  institution  of  the  order  of  Cincinnatus  is  the 
creation  of  a  military  nobility,  which 'will  in  time  form  a  dangerous  aristo- 
cratic power,  supported  by  numbers,  military  force,  general  respect,  the 
right  of  inheritance,  the  power  of  holding  assemblies  at  pleasure,  and 
revenue."  Monthly  Review. — "  The  language  of  the  Count  relating  to  the 
new  order  is  animated  and  indignant,  though  clear  and  precise ;  the 
translator  frequently  soars  above  him,  and  sometimes  seems  to  be  lost  in 
the  clouds  into  which  he  is  raised."  Critical  Review. 

14  Voyage  de  M.  Le  Chevalier  de  Chastellux  en  Amerique. 
Svo.  pp.  228.  No  place. 

This  appears  to  be  the  surreptitious  edition  of  the  Marquis  de  Cbastelluz's 
Travels,  printed  at  Cassel,  which  is  referred  to  in  the  Paris  edition  of 
1786.  It  consists  of  extracts  taken  at  random  from  his  ms.  journals, 
without  any  connexion,  which  were  first  published  in  a  periodical  journal 
at  Goth  a. 

15  HisToiRE  DE8  TROUBLES  de  I'Amerique  Anglaise.  Par  Francois 
Soules.  ...  .  Londres. 

Svo.  2  vols.  ? 
This  work  was  printed  at  Paris  in  1787,  in /our  volumes.     I  have  a  second 
volume,  printed  in  London  in  this  year,  but  can  obtain  no  information 
respecting  it.    It  appears  to  be  somewhat  diflFerent  from  the  Paris  edition. 

16  DiscouRS  sur  la  grandeur  et  I'importance  de  la  Revolution  qui 
vient  de  s'operer  dans  TAmerique  Septentrionale,  par  le 
Chevalier  Deslandes.  .  .  Franco/.  {Paris.) 

12mo. 

17  Voyage  d'un  Suisse  dans  difFerentes  colonies  d'Amerique 
pendant  la  derniere  guerre,  avec  une  table  d'observations 
meteorologiques  faites  k  Saint  Domingue.  "  Observateur 
sans  pretention,  vrai  sans  malignite."  Neuchatel. 

Svo.  pp.  416. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  333 

This  is  no  doubt  the  work  mentioned  by  Barbier  and  Querard,  printed  in    1785. 
17W7.       Aux  verreritt  Suisses,  attributed  bj  them  to  Girod-Chautrana. 
It  relates  principally  to  St.  Domingo. 

18  EssAi  sur  radministration  de  St.  Domingue,  par  Guillaume 

Thomas  Raynal.  {Noplace.) 

8vo.  pp.  256. 

19  REFLEXIONS  d'un  vieillard  du  pays  dc  Medoc,  sur  I'arr^t 

du  conseil  du  30  Aoiit  dernier,    qui  permet  Tadmission  des 
etrangers  dans  no8  colonies.  .  {Bourdeaux  ?) 

Quarto. 

"  Par  Charles  Lemesle,  negociant  de  Boordeaux."  Ms,  Note.  This 
pamphlet  and  the  following  all  relate  to  the  affairs  of  the  colonies,  and, 
being  without  the  printer's  or  publisher's  name,  were  probably  privately 
printed. 

20  Lettres  critiques  et  politiques  sur  les  colonies  at  le  com- 

merce des  villes  maritimes  de  la  France,  adressees  k  G.  T. 
Raynal.  ....  Geneve. 

Quarto. 

By  M.  Dubucq  and  M.  Dubuisson. 

21  Lr  pour  et  le  contre,  sur  un  objet  de  grande  discorde  et 

d'importance  majeure.  .  .  .  Paris  ? 

Quarto. 

By  M.  Dubucq. 

22  RipoNSE  A  LA  BROCHURE  intitulee  Le  Pour  et  le  Contre. 
Quarto,  pp.  63.  A  Londres  {Paris?) 

23  RipLiQUE  k  I'auteur  du  Pour  et  Contre      A  Londres  {Paris.) 
Quarto,  pp.  84. 

24  RipoNSE  au  contradicteur  de  la  brochure,  intitulee  Le  Pouret 

le  Contre.  .  .  A  Londres  {Paris.) 

Quarto. 

By  M.  Dubucq. 

25  PoEMA  Epico,  la  rendicion  de  Panzacola  y  conquista  de  la 

Florida  occidental  por  el  Conde  de  Galvez.     Componialo  el 
comisario  de  guerra  D.  Francisco  de  Rojas  y  Rocha. 
Quarto,  pp.  34  and  6.  Mexico. 

26  Idea  del  valor  de  la  isla   Espanola   y  utilidadcs  que  de 

ella  pucde  sacar  su  Monarquia.     Por  D.  Antonio  Sanchez 


334  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 785.  Valverde,  Lie.  en  sagrada  theologia,  &c.  natural  de  la  propia 

isia,  &c.  .  .  .  Madrid. 

4to.  pp.  208. 

27  La  America  vindicada  de  la  calumnia  de  haver  sido  madre 
del  mal  venereo :  por  el  autor  de  la  Idea  del  valor  de  la  Isla 
Espanola.  .  .  .  Madrid. 

4to.  pp.  80. 

This  treatise  is  rarely  found  with  the  foregoiDg. 

28  Reisen  einiger  Missionarien  der  Gesellschaft  Jesu  in  Amerika. 
Aus  ihren  eigenen  Aufsatzen  heraus  gegeben  von  Christoph 
Gottlieb  von  Murr.  .  .  Numherg. 

8vo.  pp.  614,  map  and  plates. 

Relates  entirely  to  South  America. 

29  Geschichte  der  revolution  von  Nord-Amerika  von  M.  C. 
Sprengel,  professor  der  Geschichte  auf  der  universitat  zu 
Halle.  ....  Speyer. 

Small  8vo.  pp.  196,  map. 

30  Dreyhundert  auserlesne  Amerikanische  Gewachse  nach 
Linneischer  ordnung.  .  .  Numherg. 

8vo.  6  parts,  300  coloured  plates. 
This  work,  commenced  in  this  year,  was  finished  in  1789,  under  which  date 
copies  are  frequently  met  with.  It  contains  the  whole  of  the  plants  of 
Jacquin's  Selectarum  Stirp.  ^meric.  (No.  44,  1780),  reduced  from  the 
original  drawings,  and  a  {ew  others  taken  from  nature,  or  from  other 
works. 


MDCCLXXXVI. 

1  Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  held  at 

Philadelphia,  for  promoting  useful  knowledge.     Volume  II. 
Quarto.  Philadelphia. 

This  volume  contains  the  memoir,  by  M.Otto,  upon  the  discovery  of  America, 
in  which  he  endeavours  to  prove  that  it  had  been  discovered,  before 
Columbus,  by  Martin  Behuim. 

2  An  address  from  the  general  court  to  the  people  of  the  com- 

monwealth of  Massachusetts.  .  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  41. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  335 

3  An  account  of  the  present  state  of  Nova  Scotia.       Edinburgh.    1786. 
8vo.  ^^ 

By  Mr.  S.  HoUingsworth.    A  second  edition  was  printed  in  1787. 

4  History    of  voyages    and    discoveries   made    in    the   North. 

Translated  from  the    German    of    John    Reinhold    Forster, 
J.  U.  D.     Elucidated  by  several  new  and  original  maps. 
Quarto.  Robinson, . 

5  A  NARRATIVE  of  the  death  of  Captain  James  Cook :    to  which 

are  added,  some  particulars  concerning  his  life  and  character, 
and  observations  respecting  the  introduction  of  the  venereal 
disease  into  the    Sandwich    Islands.        By  David   Samuel, 

surgeon  of  the  Discovery.  .  Robinson, . 

Quarto. 

6  Letters  written  in  London  by  an  American  spy,  from  the  year 

1764  to  the  year  1785.  .  Crowder, . 

12mo. 

These  letters  are  said  to  be  the  correspondence  of  a  Quaker  with  his  friends 
in  Philadelphia ;  and,  while  they  display  the  honest  bluntness  of  a  sect, 
are  animated  by  a  warm  philanthropy,  true  religion,  and  sound  sense. 
Critical  Review,  vol.  62. 

7  A  TREATY  of  amity  and  of  commerce  between  the  United  States 

of  America  and  his  Majesty  the  King  of  Prussia.         London. 
Svo. 

This  treaty  is  a  phenomenon  in  the  history  of  nations, — a  treaty  replete 
with  benevolence.  "  Military  powers  uniting  to  alleviate  the  miseries  of 
war,  to  lessen  the  horrors  of  bloodshed,  and  relieve  the  distresses  of  their 
enemies,  is  the  best  lesson  of  humanity  which  a  philosophical  king 
(Frederick  II.),  acting  in  concert  with  a  philosophical  patriot  (Franklin), 
could  possibly  give  to  the  princes  and  statesmen  of  the  earth."  M.B. 

8  Laws  of  the  legislature  of  New  York  in  force  against  the  Loyal- 

ists, and  affecting  the  trade  of   Great  Britain    and  British 
merchants,  and  others  having  property  in  that  state. 
Svo.  Debrett, . 

9  An  apology  for  negro  slavery  ;  or  the  West  India  planters  vin- 

dicated from  the  charge  of  inhumanity.     By  the  author  of 

Letters  to  a  young  Planter.  .  Strachan, . 

Svo. 

By  Gordon  TurnbuU,  v.  M.  R.,  76,  p.  78. 


336  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1786.  10  A  LETTER  from  Captain  J.  S.  Smith  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hill,  on 
the  state  of  the  negro  slaves.  To  which  are  added,  an  in- 
troduction and  remarks  on  free  negroes,  &c.  by  the  Editor. 

8vo.  Phillips, . 

Edited  bj  the  Rev,  Mr.  Ramsaj. 

1 1  Observations  sur  la  Virginie.     Par  M.  J  *  *  *.     Traduites 
de  I'Anglois.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  390,  map. 

A  translation  of  Mr.  Jefferson's  Notes  on  Virginia,  by  M.  Morellet. 

12  TRAiTi  d'amitie  et  de  commerce  entre  sa  Majeste  le  Roi  de 
Prusse  et  les  Etats-Unis  de  I'Amerique.  {A  la  Haye  ?) 

8vo. 

See  No.  7  of  this  year. 

13  Voyages  de  M.  le  Marquis  de  Chastellux  dans  TAmerique 
Septentrionale  dans  les  annees  1780,  1781,  et  1782.      Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols.  5  maps  and  plates. 

Published  in  English  in  the  following  year.  "  These  travels  will  excite  in 
different  minds  various  and  opposite  sentiments.  By  the  Englishman 
they  will  be  read  with  indignation  and  disgust,  as  they  contain  numerous 
misrepresentations  of  the  conduct  of  his  countrymen,  with  encomiums 
equally  exaggerated  on  their  foes  ;  by  the  natural  historian,  with  a  cool 
contempt  of  the  academician's  remarks  ;  by  the  politician  with  eager  ex- 
pectation ;  and  by  the  more  indifferent  enquirer,  with  pleasure  and 
interest.  The  work  gives  a  lively  picture  of  a  state  of  society  with 
which  we  have  hitherto  been  little  acquainted  :  it  paints  the  appearances 
of  nature  in  her  savage  wildness,  and  delineates  the  struggles  of  art  in 
rendering  the  country  habitable,  with  its  gradual  success  in  the  contest. 
The  Marquis  travels  through  America  as  a  friend  and  an  ally  :  he  sees  a 
great  and  rising  kingdom  in  every  step;  simplicity  and  innocence  dance 
before  him  with  playful  gambols;  and,  captivated  with  the  unrefined 
manners  to  which  he  is  everywhere  a  witness,  he  does  not  perceive  that, 
with  the  luxuries  of  Europe,  the  Americans  have  everywhere  imported 
its  vices."  Critical  Review. 

14  ExAMEN  CRITIQUE  des  voyagcs  dans  I'Amerique  Septentrionale 
de  Chastellux.     Par  Brissot  de  VVarville.  Londres. 

8vo.  pp.  143. 

'•  A  spirited  writer  here  attacks  the  Marquis  for  having,  in  the  publication 
of  his  travels,  exposed  to  ridicule,  and  grossly  misrepresented  the  prin- 
ciples and  manners  of  the  Quakers;  he  ulsu  endeavours  to  shew  that  the 
Marquis's  reflections  on  tlie  slaver)  of  the  negroes,  and  his  tlioughts  on 
the  conditions  of  mankind,  with  resjiect  to  the  ranks  in  society,  are  often 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  337 

unjust.    M.  de  Warville's  language  is  forcible,  his  arguments  are  strik-    1786. 
ing,  if  not  always  conclusive,  and  his  work  is  replete  with  liberal  senti- 
ments on  religious  aud  political  subjects."     Monthly  Review. 

15  Reciierches    sur    la    constitution    des    naturels    de    Saint 

Domingue,  sur  leurs  arts,  lenr  industrie,  et  leurs  moyens  de 
subsistance.     Par  M.  Arthaud.  .  Cap  Francois. 

Quarto. 

16  EssAi  SUR  LES  Etats  Unis  ;    par  M.  Demeunier,  secretaire 

ordinaire  de  Monsieur,  Frere  du  Roi,  et  censeur- royal. 
Quarto.  Paris. 

This  work  forms  also  an  article  in  the  Encyclopedie  Methodique,  vol.  2  of 
Economie  Politique. 

17  DiccioNARio  GEOGRAFico  historico  de  las  Indias  Occidentales 

6  America ;  es  k  saber :  de  los  Reynos  del  Peru,  Nueva 
Espana,  Tierra  Firme,  Chile,  y  Nuevo  Reyno  de  Grenada. 
Con  la  descripcion  de  sus  provincias,  naciones,  ciudades, 
villas,  pueblos,  rios,  montes,  costas,  puertos,  islas,  arzo- 
bispados,  obispados,  audiencias,  vireynatos,  gobiernos  cor- 
regimientos  y  fortalezas,  frutos  y  producciones :  con  expre- 
sion  de  sus  descubridores,  conquistadores  y  fund  adores : 
conventos  y  religiones :  ereccion  de  sus  catedrales  y  obis- 
pos  que  ha  habido  en  ellas:  y  noticia  de  los  sucesos  mas  nota- 
bles de  varios  lugares ;  incendios,  terremotos,  sitios  e  inva- 
siones  que  han  expcrimentado :  y  hombres  ilustres  que  han 
producido.  Escrito  por  el  Coronel  D.  Antonio  de  Alcedo, 
Capitan  de  Reales  Guardias  Espanolas.  .  Madrid. 

Small  4to.  5  vols. 

An  English  translation,  bj  Thompson,  was  published  in  1812. 

18  HiSTORiA  DE  LA  coNQUisTA  DE  Mexico,  poblacion  y  progresos 

de  la  America  Septentrional,  conocida  por  el  nombre  de 
Nueva  Espana.  Segunda  parte.  Escribiale  Don  Ignacio 
de  Salazar  y  Olarte.     Segunda  edicion.  .         Madrid. 

Folio. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1743. 


338  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 


MDCCLXXXVII. 

1  A  HISTORY  of  the  campaign  of  1780  and  1781  in  the  southern 

provinces  of  North  America.  By  Lieut.  Col.  Tarleton,  com- 
mandant of  the  late  British  legion.  Cadell, . 

Quarto,  pp.  518,  map  and  four  plans. 

"Colonel  Tarleton'a  history  commences  with  D'Estaing's  fruitless  attack 
on  Savannah,  in  the  autumn  of  1779,  and  then  proceeds  to  give  a  minute 
detail  of  all  the  military  operations  in  hoth  the  Carolinas  and  part  of 
Virginia,  until  the  surrender  of  Yorktown  and  Gloucester,  Oct.  19, 
1781,  when  Lord  Cornwallis,  with  his  whole  army,  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  Americans  :  that  memorable  event  which  crowned  the  military  toils 
of  the  American  Fahius  with  final  success,  and  gave  independence  to 
America  !  The  volume  is  handsomely  printed,  and  enriched  with  some 
explanatory  maps  and  plans,  especially  those  relating  to  the  battles  of 
Camden  and  Guildford,  and  the  sieges  of  Churlestown  and  Yorktown, 
besides  a  large  general  map  of  the  country."  M.R. 

General  Sir  Banastre  Tarleton  (the  author  of  this  work,)  died,  Jan.  23, 
1833,  in  his  79th  year,  without  issue.  He  was  colonel  of  the  8th  Dra- 
goons, and  governor  of  Berwick.     He  sat  in  Parliament  several  years. 

2  A  HISTORY  of  the  campaigns  of  1780  and  1781,  in  the  southern 

provinces  of  North  America,  by  Lieut.  Col.  Tarleton,  com- 
mandant of  the  late  British  legion.  .  Dublin. 
8vo.  pp.  534. 

3  Strictures  on  Lieutenant  Colonel  Tarleton's  History  of  the 

campaigns  of  1780  and  1781,  in  the  southern  provinces  of 
North  America.  Wherein  military  characters  and  corps  are 
vindicated  from  injurious  aspersions,  and  several  important 
transactions  are  placed  in  their  proper  point  of  view.  By 
Roderick  Mackenzie,  late  lieutenant  in  the  71st  regiment. 

8vo.  Faulder, . 

Mr.  Mackenzie  defends  Lord  Cornwallis,  gives  his  own  account  of  the  battle 
of  tlie  Cowpens,  and  a  curious  journal  of  the  siege  of  fort  Ninety-six.  He 
is  very  severe  on  Lieut.  Col.  Tarleton's  work,  "in  which,"  he  says, 
"  some  facts  have  been  withheld,  and  some  mutilated,  while  others  are 
raised  to  a  pitch  of  importance,  to  which,  if  historical  justice  had  been 
the  author's  object,  they  are  by  no  means  entitled.  Prejudice  and  party 
spirit  are  also  some  of  its  most  important  features." 

4  Travels  in  North  America  in  the  years  1780,  1781,  and 

1782.       By  the  Marquis  de  Chastellux,    one  of   the  forty 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  339 

members  of  the  French  academy,  and  major-general  in  the   1787. 
French  armv,  serving   under    the    Count    de    Rochambeau. 
Translated  from   the  French   l)y  an  English  gentleman  who 
resided  in  America  at  that  period.     With  notes  by  the  trans- 
lator. .  .  .  Robinson,  . 

8vo,  2  vols. 
"  I'his  performance  of  the  Marquis  de  Chastellux  is  a  heterogeneous  and 
multifarious  account  of  every  thing  that  cauglit  the  lively  traveller's 
eager  eye  and  minute  attention  ;  and,  ns  nothing  escaped  his  active  inves- 
tigation, bis  work  abounds  not  only  with  observations  which  are  of  im- 
portance, but  witli  details  of  even  the  most  trifling  incidents  that  bad 
roads,  inconvenient  inns,  and  distracted  times  usually  afford.  The 
translator  is,  in  political  principles,  a  violent  American,  and,  as  such,  be 
gives  to  the  national  reputation  of  poor  old  England  many  a  stab,  and  to 
that  of  her  troops  no  quarter."  M.R. 

5  Remarks  on  the  travels  of  the  Marquis  of  Chastellux  in  North 

America.  .  .  .  Wilkie, . 

Svo. 

This  writer  accuses  the  Marquis  of  misrepresentations  and  exaggerations, 
and  calls  his  translator  an  "  incendiary,  a  lurking  spy,  and  an  avowed 
rebel  to  his  country." 

6  Obseuvations  on  some  parts  of  Natural  History,   to  which  is 

prefixed,  an  account  of  several  remarkable  vestiges  of  an 
ancient  date,  which  have  been  discovered  in  different  parts 
of  North  America.  Part  I.  By  Benj.  Smith  Barton, 
Member  of  the  Royal  Medical  Society  of  Edinburgh. 

Svo.  Dilly. . 

"  A  prefixed  advertisement  to  this  work  informs  us  that  it  is  the  production 
of  a  very  young  man,  written  chiefly  as  a  recreation  from  the  laborious 
studies  of  medicine.  It  is,  however,  a  curious  tract ;  we  have  here  only 
the  first  part ;  the  other  three,  which  will  complete  the  work,  are  to  be 
published  in  a  few  months."  Monthly  Review. 
This  part,  the  only  one  ever  published,  relates  entirely  to  antiquities,  giving 
an  account  of  the  Indian  ruins  in  the  Mushingum,  and  remarks  on  the 
first  peopling  of  America,  <fec. 

7  Political  sketches,  inscribed  to  H.  E.  John  Adams,  Minister 

Plenipotentiary  from  the  United  States  to  the  court  of  Great 

Britain.  .  .  .  Dilly, . 

8vo. 
"  These  sketches  are  written  with  much  spirit,  and  that  zeal  for  America 
and  its  cause,  which  has  animated  her  numerous  authors  and  defenders." 
Critical  Review. 


340  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1787.  8  A  DEFENCE  of  the  constitution  of  government  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  By  John  Adams,  LL.  D.,  and  Member  of 
the  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  at  Boston. 

8vo.  3  vols.  Dilly, . 

The  third  volume  was  published  in  1788.  The  Monthly  Reviewer  sajs 
that  this  work  "  is  not,  as  its  title  stiites,  a  defence  of  the  American  con- 
stitution, but  a  warm  defence  of  the  constitution  of  Great  Britain.  It  is 
the  best  anti-democratic  treatise  that  we  have  seen ;  for  Dr.  Adams 
appears  to  dread  that  that  is  the  extreme  to  which  his  countrymen  will 
naturally  lean,  and  he  has  exerted  his  best  endeavour  to  obviate  that 
evil." 

9  The  vision  of  Columbus;  a  poem,  in  nine  books.  By  Joel 
Barlow,  Esq.  .  .  Hartford,  Con. 

8vo.  pp.  258. 
First  edition  of  the  Columhiad,  (see  1807.)     The  list  of  subscribers  at  the 
end  contains  the  King  of  France,  25  copies;  Gen.  Washington,  20  copies; 
Gen.  La  Fayette,  10  copies,  &c. 

10  Notes  on  the  state  of  Virginia.  Written  by  Thomas 
Jefferson.  Illustrated  with  a  map,  including  the  states  of 
Virginia,  Maryland,  Delaware,  and  Pennsylvania. 

8vo.  pp.  382.  Stockdale, ;— . 

See  No.  1  of  1782.  This  is,  apparently,  a  reprint  from  an  American  edi- 
tion, printed  in  the  same  year,  to  which  was  \)Tffixed  the  following 
Advlhtiskment  :  "  The  following  Notes  were  written  in  Virginia,  in  the 
year  1781,  and  somewhat  corrected  and  enlarged  in  the  winter  of  1782, 
in  answer  to  Queries  proposed  to  the  author,  by  a  foreigner  of  distinction, 
then  resident  among  us.  The  subjects  are  all  treated  imperfectly; 
some  scarcely  touched  on.  To  apologize  for  this  by  developing  the 
circumstance  of  the  time  and  place  of  their  composition,  would  be  to  open 
wounds  which  have  already  bled  enough.  To  these  circumstances  some 
of  their  imperfections  may  with  truth  be  ascribed  ;  the  great  mass  to  the 
want  of  information  and  want  of  talents  in  the  writer.  He  had  a  few 
copies  printed,  which  he  gave  among  his  friends ;  and  a  translation  of 
them  has  lately  appeared  in  France  (No.  11, 1786),  but  with  such  altera- 
tions as  the  laws  of  the  press  in  that  country  rendered  necessary.  They 
are  now  offered  to  the  public  in  their  original  form  and  language.  Feb. 
27,  1787." 

11  The  present  state  of  Nova  Scotia;  with  a  brief  account  of 

Canada,    and    the    British    islands    on    the    coast  of   North 

America.     The  second  edition,  corrected  and  enlarged,  and 

illustrated  with  a  map.  .  .  Edinburgh. 

Svo. 

By  Mr.  S.  Hollingswortb. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  341 

"  The  account  here  given  of  the  rapid  growth  of  the  infant  settlement  of  1787. 
Nova  Scotia,  especially  since  the  terniination  of  the  war  with  our  late 
colonists,  is  really  astonishing,  and  leaves  us  no  room  to  doubt  the  very 
great  advantages  which  will,  in  all  human  probability,  accrue  to  the 
motlier  country  from  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  this  her  youngest 
child."  M.  R. 

12  The  prlsent  state  of  Maryland.     By  the  Delegates  of  the 

people.  .  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo.  pp.  28. 

First  printed  in  Baltimore. 

13  The  histoiiy  of  Mexico.  Collected  from  Spanish  and  Mexican 

historians,  from  manuscripts  and  ancient  paintings  of  the 
Indians.  Illustrated  by  charts  and  other  copper-plates. 
To  which  are  added,  critical  dissertations  on  the  land,  the 
animals,  and  inhabitants  of  Mexico.  By  Abbe  D.  Francesco 
Clavigero.     Translated  from  the  original  Italian,  by  Charles 

CuUen,  Esq.  .  .  Robinsons, . 

Quarto,  2  vols,  26  plates  and  map. 

First  printed  in  Italian  in  1780.  The  translator,  who  was  a  son  of  the 
celebrated  Dr.  Cullen,  appears  to  have  executed  his  task  faithfully.  It 
was  reprinted  in  Philadelphia  in  the  year  18 — ,  in  8vo. 

14  A  comparative  view  of  the  Russian  discoveries  with  those 

made  by  Captains  Cook  and  Clerke ;  and  a  sketch  of  what 
remains  to  be  ascertained  by  future  navigators.     By  William 

Coxe,  A.M.,  F.R.S.  .  .  Cadell, . 

Quarto. 

15  Hydraulic  and  nautical  observations   on  the  currents 

in  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  forming  an  hypothetical  theorem  for 
investigation  :  addressed  to  navigators.  By  Governor 
Pownall,  F.R.S.,[&c.     To  which  are  added,  some  notes  by 

Dr.  Franklin.  .  .  .  Sayer, . 

Quarto. 

16  Plan  of  the  new  constitution  for  the  United  States  of  America, 

agreed  upon  in  a  Convention  of  the  States. 
8vo.  Debrett,  . 

"  As  the  sudden  rise  of  a  new  empire  in  the  world,  constituted  on  principles 
of  government  essentially  difi'erent  from  the  old,  cannot  fail  to  draw  the 
notice  of  European  politicians,  esery  circumstance  relating  thereto  must 
necessarily  become  interesting  and  important."  Preface. 


342  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1787.   17  The    advkntures    of   Jonathan    Corncob,   Loyal  American 

Refugee.     Written  by  himself.  Robinsons, . 

12mo. 
The  prototype  of  the  Hafls  and  the  Trollopes,  who,  as  the  Monthly  Reviewer 
says,  "  thought  that  liia  ridicule  of  the  Jonathan!  would  render  his  work 
the  more  acceptable  in  England." 

18  The  Columbian  Magazine,  or  Monthly  Miscellany;  con- 
taining a  view  of  the  history,  literature,  manners  and  characters 
of  the  year  1787.     "  Emollit  mores."  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 
The  publication  of  this  monthly  periodical  commenced  in  September,  1786, 
and  was  continued  to  the  year  1792,  forming  altogether  twelve  volumes. 
It  is  ornamented  with  numerous  portraits  and  other  engravings,  princi- 
pally by  Trenchiird,  who  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  work.  The 
others  were,  T.  Seddon,  Charles  Cist,  C.  Talbot,  VV.  Spotswood,  and 
Mathew  Carey.  The  latter,  however,  from  "  the  discomfort  arising  from 
the  discordant  views  of  the  different  partners,  the  utter  improbability  of 
such  a  work  producing  any  profit  worth  the  attention  of  five  persons,  and 
other  considerations,"  was  induced  to  withdraw  from  the  concern,  and  in 
January,  1787,  commenced  on  his  own  account  the  following  work  : 

19  The  American  Museum,  or  repository  of  ancient  and  modern 
fugitive  pieces,  &c.  prose  and  poetical.  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 
This  work  was  printed  and  edited  by  Mathew  Carey.  It  was  continued  to 
the  year  1792,  the  collection  forming  twelve  volumes,  "  I  was  much 
attached  to  this  work,  and  had  great  reluctance  to  abandon  it,  un[)roductive 
and  vexatious  as  was  the  maiiaoemont  of  it;  but  at  length  I  sang  its 
reijuiem,  at  the  close  of  the  ve:ir  179^.  That  it  had  considerable  merit 
is  universally  acknowledged  ; — and  there  is  no  vanity  in  the  declaration, 
as  the  work  did  not  contain  a  single  essay  of  my  own.  The  whole  of  my 
labour  consisted  in  the  selection  of  its  contents  from  newspapers,  and  the 
addition  occasionally  of  a  few  notes,  of  little  importance."  M.  Care'^'s 
Autobiogra/thu,in  New  E/ig.  Mug, — Wasliington  said  that  a  more  ustful 
literary  jdan  had  never  been  undertaken  in  America,  or  one  more  deserving 
of  public  encouragement. 

20  HisroiuE  des  troubles  dc  rAmerique  Angluise,  ecrite  sur  les 
niemoires  les  plus  authentiques  ;  dediee  a  sa  Majeste  tr^s 
Chretienne ;  par  Francois  Soules.     Avec  des  cartes.        Paris. 

8vo.  4  vols. 

See  No.  15,  llS.-i. 

21  HisTOiiiE  de  la  Revolution  d'Amerique,  par  rapport  a  la 
Caroline  Meridionale.     Par  M.  David  Ramsay  ;  Membie  du 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  343 

Congres  Americain  ;  traduit  de  I'Anglois;  ornees  de  cartes  et   1787. 
de  plans.  .  .  .  Londres  {Paris.)     "^""^^ 

8vo.  2  vols. 

See  No.  3,  1785. 

22  HiSTOiRE  DE  LA  DERNiiuE  GUERRE  entre  la  Grande-Bretagne 

et  les  Etats-Unis  de  I'Amerique,  la  France,  I'Espagne  et  la 
Hollande,  depuis  son  commencement  en  1775,  jusqu'a  sa  fin 
en  1783.     Ornee  de  cartes  geographiques  et  marines. 
Quarto  pp.  357.  six  maps.  A  Paris. 

By  M.  Boucher.     Reprinted  the  following  year,  in  two  volumes,  8vo. 

23  Etats-Unis  de  I'Amerique  Septentrionale  compares  avec   les 

Ligues  Aclieenne,  Suisse  et  HoUandoise.     Par  M.  de  Mayer. 
Tome  second.  .  .  .  Geneve  {Paris.) 

12mo. 
The  title  of  the  first  volume  is,  Les  Ligues  Ach^cnne,  Suisse  et  HoUandoise ; 
et  Rtvolution  des  Elats  Unit  de  I'AmMque,  comparees  ensemble,  &;c. 

24  De  la  France  et  des  Etats-Unis,  ou  de  I'importance  de  la 

revolution  de  I'Amerique,  pour  le  bonheur  de  la  France,  des 
rapports  de  ce  royaume  et  des  Etats-Unis,  des  avantages 
reciproques  qu'ils  peuvent  retirer  de  leurs  liaisons  de  com- 
merce, et  enfin  de  la  situation  actuelle  des  Etats-Unis.  Par 
Brissot  de  Warville  et  Etienne  Clavi^re.  Londres  et  Paris. 
Svo. 

Published  in  English  in  1788. 

25  Lettres     d'un    cultivateur    Americain,     adressees  k   Wm. 

S on,  Esq.,  depuis  I'annee  1770  jusqu'en  1786.  Par  M. 

St.  John  de  Crevecceur.      Traduites  de  I'Anglois.  "  Keen 

feelings  inspire  resistless  thoughts."           .           .  Paris, 

8vo.  3  vols.  8  maps  and  plates. 
This  edition  contains  nearly  double  the  matter  of  the  first,  printed  in  1784. 
The  whole  of  the  third  volume  is  now  published  for  the  first  time. 

26  R^-flexions  sur  le  commerce,  la  navigation,  et  les  colonies. 
4to.  pp.  64.  Paris  ? 

Privately  printed,  being  without  place  or  printer's  name  ;   with  the  date  at 
the  end. 

27  Detail  sur  la  navigation  aux  c6te8  de  Saint-Domingue  et 

dans  ses  debouquemens.  .  .  A  Paris. 

4to.  pp.  81. 

By  M.  de  Chastenet-Puysegur. 


344  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1787.   28  Discouiis  sur  les  avantages  ou  les  desavantages  qui  resultent 
^'^  pour   I'Europe   de  la   decouverte   de   I'Amenque.     Par   M. 

P  *  *  *  Vice  Consul  a  E  *  *  *.  Londres  {Paris.) 

8vo.  pp.  68. 

This  discourse  is  attributed  to  the  Marquis  de  Chastellux,  and  is,  according 
to  Labarpe,  the  best  of  his  works  ;  well  conceived,  tolerably  well  written, 
full  of  luminous  conclusions  and  of  useful  truths.  He  decides  the 
question  in  favour  of  the  "  advantages."     Biog.  Univ. 

29  L'iNFLUENCE  de  la  decouverte  de  TAinerique  sur  le  bonheur 

du  genre-humain.  Par  M.  I'Abbe   Genty,  Censeur-royal, 

Correspondent     de  TAcademie    Royale    des    Sciences   de 

Paris,  &c.              .  .             .             .                 Orleans. 
8vo. 

"  That  the  discovery  in  question  was  neither  advantageous  to  America 
nor  to  Europe,  is  a  proposition  that  many  believe  ;  and  tliis  author  illus- 
trates it,  and  renders  it  striking  ;  but  that  it  might  have  been,  and  may 
even  yet  be  made  useful  to  both,  is  equally  credible.  Tlie  principal 
object  of  this  judicious  writer  is  to  point  out  the  manner  of  diminishing 
the  evils  occasioned  by  the  discovery  of  the  New  World,  and  of  multiply- 
ing the  advantages  that  may  result  from  it.  The  work  breathes  a  liberal 
spirit,  and  is  worthy  of  attention."     M.  R. 

Some  copies  of  this  work  have  a  title-page  with  the  year  1788  upon  it,  and 
Paris  instead  of  Orleans. 

30  Memoires   piiiLOSopiiiQUEs,    historiques,  physiques,  concer- 

nant  la  decouverte  de  rAmerique,  ses  anciens  habitans,  leurs 
moeurs,  leurs  usages,  leur  connexion  avec  les  nouveaux  habi- 
tans, leur  religion  ancienne  et  moderne,  les  produits  des  trois 
regnes  de  la  nature,  et  en  particulier  les  mines,  leur  exploi- 
ration,leur  immense  produit  ignore  jusque'ici;  par  Don  Ulloa, 
lieut.-gen.  des  armees  navales  de  I'Espagne,  commandant 
au  Perou,  &c.  Avec  des  observations  et  additions  sur  toutes 
les  matieres  dont  il  est  parle  dans  I'Duvrage.  Traduite  par 
M.  •**.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

A  translation  of  UUoa's  Noticias  Americanas  (1772),  with  considerable 
additions  by  the  translator,  M.  Lefebure  de  Villebrune,  taken  principally 
from  a  German  translation  by  professor  Diez,  with  notes  by  M.  Schneider. 
M.  Lefebure  asserts  that  the  work  of  De  Pauw  (No.  22,  1708,)  is  a 
tissue  of  errors  and  falsehoods. 

31  TKAiri  DE  LA  CULTURE  DU  NOPAL  et  dc  Teducation  de  la 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  345 

cochenille  dans  les  colonies  Francaises  de  TAmerique  ;  1787. 
precede  d'un  voyage  k  Guaxaca,  par  M.  Thiery  de  Menon-  ''^^^ 
ville,  auquel  ou  ajoute  une  preface,  des  notes  et  des  observa- 
tions relatives  a  la  culture  de  la  cochenille,  avec  des  figures 
coloriees.  Le  tout  recueille  et  publie  par  le  cercle  des 
Philadelphes,  etabli  au  Cap-Franqais,  isle  et  cote  de  St. 
Domingue.  .  Au  Cap.  Fran^ais  {Paris.) 

8vo.  2  vols. 

32  Relacion  iiisTORiCA  de  la  vida  y  apostolicas  tareas  del 
venerable  Padre  Fray  Junipero  Serra,  y  de  las  Misiones  que 
fundo  en  la  California  Septentrional  y  nuevos  establecimentos 
de  Monterey.  Escrita  por  el  R.  P.  L.  Fr.  Francisco  Palou, 
guardian  actual  del  Colegio  Apostolico  de  S.  Fernando  de 
Mexico  y  discipulo  del  venerable  fundador,  &c.  Mexico. 

Quarto. 
A  very  curious  work,  containing  much  information  respecting  California, 
with  a  map  of  the  country  described. 

33  La  Peiila  de  la  America,  provincia  de  Santa  Marta,  recon- 

ocida  observada  y  expuesta  en  discursos  historicos  por  el 
Sacerdote  Don  Antonio  Julian,  k  mayor  bien  de  la  Catolica 
Monarquia,  fomento  del  Comercio  de  Espaiia  y  de  todo  el 
Nuevo  Reyno  de  Granada,  e  increniento  de  la  Christiana 
religion  entre  las  naciones  btirbaras,  que  subsisten  todavia 
rebeldes  en  la  provincia.  .  .  Madrid. 

4to.  pp.  280. 

34  Descripcion  de  diferentes  piezas  de  historia  natural,  las  mas 

del  ramo  maritimo,  representadas  en  75  laminas.  Por  Don 
Antonio  Parra.  .  .  .  Havana. 

Small  4to.  75  plates. 
The  ])lates  were  etched  by  the  author,  and  some  copies  were  coloured  by 
him,  but  they  are  very  rare. 

35  La  America  Llorando  por  la  temprana  muerte  de  su  amado, 

su   padre,   su  bien  y  sus  delicias  el  E.  S.  D.  Bernardo  de 
Gulvez,  Conde  de  Galvez,  &c.  Capitan  Genl.  de  la  Luisiana 
y  dos  Floridas,  &c.       Humilde  rasgo  del  Lie".  D.  Agustin 
Pomposo  Fernandez  de  San  Salvador,  Abogado,  &c. 
Small  4to.  pp.  25  and  6.  Mexico. 

36  Antiguedad  de  las  Bubas.     Extracto  de  un  discurso  del 


346  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1787.  R.  P.  M.  F.  Martin  Sarmiento,  Benedictine  de  Madrid. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Madrid. 

The  author  maintains  that  the  lues  venerea  was  known  in  Europe  before 
the  discovery  of  America. 

37  Memorias  de  la  Colonia  Francesa  de  Santo  Domingo,  con 
algunas  reflexiones  relativas  k  la  Isla  de  Cuba,  por  un  viagero 
Espanol.     Publicalas  Don  Ignacio  Gala.  Madrid. 

Svo. 

38  Saggio  sulla  storia  civile  del  Chili  del  Signor  Abate  Giovanni 
Ignazio  Molina.  .  .  .  Bologna. 

Svo. 

Translated  into  English  in  1809. 

39  Elogio  di  Amerigo  Vespucci  del  P.  M.  Lastri.  Firenze. 
Quarto. 

Only  100  copies  of  this  work  were  printed. 

40  Beytrag  zur  teutschen  holtzgetchten  Forstwissenschaft, 
die  anpflanzung  Nordamericanischer  holzarten,  mit  anwen- 
dung  auf  teutsche  Forste,  betreffend  von  Friederich  Adam 
Julius  von  Wangenheim.     Mit  original  Zeichnungen. 

Folio,  pp.  45,  124.  pi.  31.  Guttingen. 

41  Beytrage  zur  mineralogischen  kenntniss  des  ostlichen  Theils 
von  Nordamerika  und  seiner  Geburge  von  D.  Johann  David 
Schoepf.  .  .  .  Erlangen. 

Svo.  pp.  194. 

42  Materia  Medica  Americana  potissimum  regni  vegetabilis, 
D.  Jo.  Davidis  Schoepf.  .  .  Erlangce. 

Svo.  pp.  170. 

MDCCLXXXVIII. 

1  The  history  of  the  rise,  progress  and  establishment  of  the 

independence  of  the  United  States  of  America  :  including  an 

account  of  the  late  war,  and  of  the  thirteen   colonies,  from 

their  origin  to  that  period.     By  William  Gordon,  D.D.     In 

four  volumes.  ....  London. 

Svo.  4  vols. 

Dr.  Gordon  went  to  America  in  1770,  and  remained  there  until  1786  :  and 

wrote  a  considerable  part  of  his  work  on  the  spot.     "  The  language  of 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  347 

this  work  deserves  little  encomium,  but  the  merit  of  fidelity  is  the  first    1788. 
qualification  in  a  historian,  and  to  that  claim  we  believe  the  present     ^«v•M 
dispassionate  writer  is  fully  entitled."  M.  R.      The  Critical  Reoicw  says 
that  "  there  arises  some  suspicion  that  Dr.  Gordon  actually  wrote  under 
the  influence  of  American  prejudice." 

2  A  HISTORY  of  the  insurrection  in  Massachusetts  in  1786  :  by 

George  Richards  Minot.  .  .  Worcester,  Mass. 

8vo. 
This  insurrection  is  more  generally  known  as  Sh'rys't  Rebellion,  from  the 
name  of  the  person  who  took  the  lead  in  it,  and  relating  to  whom  there  is 
a  ballad  extant  in  Massachusetts,  commencing 
My  name  is  Shays,  in  former  days 
In  Pelham  I  did  dwell,  sirs,  &c. 

3  The  Federalist.      A  collection  of  essays  on  the  American 

constitution.  By  Hamilton,  Jay,  and  Madison.  New  York. 
12mo.  2  vols. 
These  essays  have  been  frequently  reprinted.  They  first  appeared  in  the 
public  papers,  under  the  signature  of  Publius,  in  the  interval  between 
the  publication  and  the  adoption  of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States, 
and  were  designed  to  elucidate  and  support  its  principles.  Numbers  2, 
3,  4,  5,  and  64;  were  written  by  Mr.  Jay ;  numbers  10,  14,  IT,  18,  19, 
21,  37  to  58,  62  and  63,  by  Mr.  Madison ;  and  the  rest  by  Gen.  Hamilton. 

4  Remarks   on    the    proposed   plan   of  a  federal  government, 

addressed  to  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  particularly 

to  the  people  of  Maryland.    By  Aristides.       Annapoli<t,  Md. 

8vo.  pp.  48. 

"  The  author  of  the  present  pamphlet  is  a  warm  and  intelligent  supporter 

of  the  plan  of  government  lately  digested  by  the  convention  of  delegates, 

and  now  under  the  consideration  of  the  several  states,  of  which  he  might 

say,  with  the  poet, 

It  has  no  faults,  or  I  no  faults  can  spy, — 

Is  it  all  beauty,  or  all  blindness  I V  M.  Rev. 

5  A  SUMMARY  REVIEW  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States  of  North 

America,  the  British  provinces,  and  the  West  Indies.     With 
observations,  precedents,  &c.     By  a  Barrister  of  the  state  of 

Virginia.  .  .  Robinson, . 

8vo. 
"The  bulk  of  this  work  is  taken  up  with  defining  the  nature  of  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  courst  of  Westminster  Hall  over  the  British  provinces,  and 
other  similiir  mutters,  that  now  have  no  res])ect  to  the  independent 
American  states ;  but  may  be  useful  to  those  who  have  connexions  with 
the  Went  Indies  and  other  British  independencies."  M.K. 


348  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova, 

1788.  6  The  perpetual  laws  of  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
from  the  establishment  of  its  constitution  to  the  first  session 
of  the  general  court,  a.d.  1788.  Compiled,  arranged,  and 
printed,  to  the  wishes  of  many  respectable  law  characters,  and 
the  approbation  of  the  honourable  judges  of  the  supreme  ju- 
dicial court.  Carefully  compared  with  the  original  acts. 
8vo.  pp.  389.  Worcester,  Mass. 

Isaiah  Thomas  was  both  editor  and  printer  of  this  work. 

7  Debates,  resolutions,  and  other  proceedings  of  the  Convention 
of  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  convened  at  Boston 
on  the  9th  of  Jan.  1788,  and  continued  until  the  7th  of  Fe- 
bruary following,  for  the  purpose  of  assenting  to  and  ratifying 
the  constitution  recommended  by  the  Grand  Federal  Conven- 
tion. Together  with  the  yeas  and  nays  on  the  decision  of 
the  grand  question.  To  which  the  federal  constitution  is 
prefixed.  ...  .  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  219. 

8  Debates  and  other  proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  Vir- 
ginia, convened  at  Richmond,  on  Monday,  the  2d  day  of 
June,  1788,  for  the  purpose  of  deliberating  on  the  constitu- 
tion recommended  by  the  grand  Federal  Convention.  To 
which  is  prefixed,  the  federal  constitution. 

8vo.  pp.  194.  Petersburg,  Va. 

9  The  claim  of  the  American  loyalists,  reviewed  and  maintained 
upon  incontrovertible  principles  of  law  and  justice. 

8vo.  Wilkie, . 

10  A  REVIEW  of  the  government  and  grievances  of  the  province  of 
Quebec,  since  the  conquest  of  it  by  the  British  anus.  To 
which  is  added,  an  appendix,  containing  extracts  from  au- 
thentic papers.  Stockdale, . 

8vo. 

1 1  Observations  on  the  language  of  the  Muhhekaneew  Indians, 
by  Jonathan  Edwards.  .  New  Haven,  Con. 

8vo. 
Reprinted  in  1789,  in  Philadelphia  and  in  London.     Republished  in  the 
collections  of  the  Mass.  Hist.  Society,  with  notes,  bj  John  Pickering. 

12  Remarks  upon  the  situation  of  negroes  in  Jamaica,  impartially 
made,  from  a  local  experience  of  nearly  thirteen  years  in  that 


Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova.  349 

island.       By  W.  Beckford,  jun.  formerly  of  Somerly,    in   1788. 

Suflfolk,  and  late  of  Hertford,  in  Jamaica.     Egerton, .     ^'"'^ 

8vo. 
A  number  of  pamphlets  for  and  against  the  slave  trade  were  published  in 
this  year.  Tlie  present,  bj  Mr.  Beckford,  author  of  the  History  of 
Jamaica,  (1790,)  and  cousin  to  the  celebrated  Fonthill  Beckford,  is  the 
only  one  which  appears  to  be  worth  recording.  When  Mr.  B.  wrote  this 
tract,  it  appears  that  he  was  confined  in  the  Fleet  prison  for  debt ! 

13  Of  the  Patagonians.     Formed  from  the  relation  of  Father 

Falkener,  a  Jesuit,  who  had  resided  among  them  thirty-eight 

years ;  and  from  the  different  voyagers  who  had  met  with  this 

tall  race.  .  .  .  Darlington. 

Quarto. 

Printed  at  the  private  press  of  George  Allan,  Esq.  for  his  friend  Thomas 

Pennant. 

14  Additions  and  corrections  to  the  former  editions  of  Dr. 

Robertson's  History  of  America.  .  Cadell, . 

8vo. 
Printed  in  consequence  of  the  reflections  of  Clavigero,  in  his  History  of 
Mexico,  on  the  work  of  Dr.  Robertson. 

15  Considerations  on  the  relative  situations  of  France  and  the 

United  States  of  America ;  shewing  the  importance  of  the 
American  Revolution  to  the  welfare  of  France  ;  giving  also  an 
account  of  their  productions,  and  the  reciprocal  advantages 
which  may  be  drawn  from  the  commercial  connexions  ;  and, 
finally,  pointing  out  the  actual  situation  of  the  United 
States.     Translated  from  the  French  of  Etienne  Glaviere  and 

J.  P.  Brissot  de  Warville.  Robson  and  Co. . 

8vo.  pp.  326. 

This  translation  is  faithfully  executed,  apparently  by  the  authors  them- 
selves, or  under  their  immediate  inspection ;  and  some  explanatory 
notes  are  added.  The  work  -abounds  with  political  and  commercial 
knowledge,  particularly  with  respect  to  the  interests  of  France.  See  No. 
24  of  1187. 

16  A  COLLECTION  of  voyagcs  to  the  Southern  hemisphere.    Vol.  I. 

contains  Sir  Richard  Hawkins's  to  Magellanica,  &c.     London. 
8vo.  2  vols. 
This  work  is  merely  the  second  and  third  volumes  of  Terra  yluslralis  Cog- 
nita,  (No.  5,  1760,)  with  new  titles,  and  the  last  leaf  of  both  volumei 
reprinted. 


350  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1788.  17  A  COLLECTION  OF  MEMORIALS  Concerning  divers  deceased 
ministers,  and  others  of  the  people  called  Quakers,  in  Penn- 
sylvania, New  Jersey,  and  parts  adjacent,  from  nearly  the 
first  settlement  thereof  to  the  year  1787.  .  London. 

8vo. 

18  A  COLLECTION  of  scarcc  and  interesting  tracts,  written  by  per- 
sons of  eminence,  on  the  most  important  political  and  com- 
mercial subjects,  during  the  years  1763,  1764,  1765,  1766, 
1767,  1768,  1769,  and  1770.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  4  vols. 
Manj  of  these  tracts  relate  to  the  American  war  of  independence,  and  are 
enumerated,  under  the  years  in  which  they  were  printed,  in  this  work. 

19  EssAi  HisTORiQUE  sur  la  colonic  de  Surinam,  etc.  avec  I'his- 
toire  de  la  nation  juive  Portugaise  et  Allemande  y  etablie, 
etc.  le  tout  redige  sur  des  pieces  authentiques  y  jointes  et 
mis  en  ordre  par  les  Regens  et  Representans  de  la  dite 
nation.  .  .  Paramaribo  {Amsterdam?) 

8vo. 

20  EssAi  SUR  l'administratiok  des  colonies  Francoises  et  parti- 
culi^rement  d'une  partie  de  celles  de  Saint  Domingue.  Avec 
deux  cartes  et  deux  tableaux  geographiques  et  politiques. 

8vo.  Paris. 

21  Recherches  historiques  et  politiques  sur  les  Etats-Unis  de 
I'Amerique  Septentrionale ;  oil  Ton  traite  des  etablissemens 
des  treize  colonies,  de  leurs  rapports  et  de  leurs  dissentions 
avec  la  Grande-Bretagne,  de  leurs  gouvernemens  avant  et 
apres  la  revolution,  &c.  Par  un  citoyen  de  Virginie.  Avec 
quatre  lettres  d'un  Bourgeois  de  New  Heaven  sur  I'amite  de 
la  legislation.  .  .  Colle  {Paris.) 

8vo.  4  vols. 
The  author  was  M.  Mazzei ;  who  was  assisted  in  the  work  by  the  cele- 
brated Condorcet.  The  second  and  third  volumes  are  occupied  by  criti- 
cisms on  the  works  of  Mably  and  Raynal.  Mazzei  was  an  Italian  by 
birth,  who  migrated  to  America  before  the  revolution,  and  established 
himself  in  Virginia,  near  Monticello,  where  he  planted  a  vineyard.  He 
was  intimate  with  Mr.  Jefferson,  through  whose  influence  he  was  sent 
on  a  mission  to  the  Grand  Duke  of  Tuscany. 

22  TRAixi  SUR  LES  TERRES  NOY^Rs  dc  la  Guiftnc,  appellees  com- 
munement  Terres  Basses,  sur  leur  dessechement,   leur  d^fri- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  351 

chement,  leur  culture  et  I'exploitation  de  leurs  productions;   1788. 
avec  des  reflexions  sur  la  regie  des  esclaves  et  autres  objets. 
Par  M.  Guisan,  capitaine  d'infanterie,  etc.  A  Cayenne. 

Quarto,  pp.  346. 

23  Catalogue   alphabetique    des   arbres   et   arbrisseaux    qui 

croissent  naturellement  dans  les  Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique 
Septentrionale,  etc.     Traduit  de  I'Anglois  de   M.  Humphry- 
Marshall,  avec  des  notes  et  observations  sur  la  culture ;    par 
M.  Lezermes,  adjoint  k  la  direction  des  Pepinieres  du  Roi. 
8vo.  pp.  278.  Paris. 

A  translation  of  No.  4  of  1785  :  with  additional  notes  and  remarks. 

24  Lettres  AMiRiCAiNES,  dans  laquelles  on  examine  I'origine, 

I'etat  civil,  politique,  militaire  et  religieux,  les  arts,  I'indus- 
trie,  les  sciences,  les  mcBurs,  les  usages  des  anciens  habitans 
de  I'Amerique  ;  les  grands  epoques  de  la  nature,  I'ancienne 
communication  des  deux  hemispheres,  et  la  derni^re  revolu- 
tion qui  a  fait  disparaitre  I'Atlantide  :  pour  servir  de  suite 
aux  Memoires  de  D.  Vlloa.  Par  M.  le  Comte  J.  R.  Carli, 
conseiller  prive  d'etat  de  S.  M.  Imperiale  et  Royale. 
8vo.  2  vols.  Boston  {Paris.) 

Reprinted  in  1792.  Translated  from  the  Italian,  wit)i  notes,  \>j  M. 
Lefebure  de  Villehrune.  Count  Carli  states  that  his  object  is  to  confute 
the  assertions  of  M.  de  Pauw,  in  his  RechercAes  Fhilosophiques  sur  les 
Americains,  and  to  shew  that  the  Americans  were  descended  from  the 
ancient  Atlantides.  He  ascribes  to  the  Mexicans  and  Peruvians  the 
greatest  perfection  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  as  well  as  in  their  political  in- 
stitutions. The  Count  also  believes  that  traces  of  the  religious  rites  and 
customs  of  the  church  of  Rome  were  found  among  them,  and  that  they 
practised  ceremonies  which,  in  their  form  and  design,  resembled  baptism, 
and  the  communion  of  bread  and  wine. 

25  Voyages  interessans  dans   difFerentes  colonies   Fran9aises, 

Espagnoles,  Anglaises,  &c. ;  contenant  des  observations  im- 
portantes  relatives  k  ces  contrees ;  et  un  memoire  sur  les 
maladies  les  plus  communes  k  Saint  Domingue,  leurs  rem^des 
et  le  moyen  de  s'en  preserver  moralement  et  phisiquement. 
Avec  des  anecdotes  singuli^res,  qui  n'avaient  jamais  ete  pub- 
liees.  Le  tout  redige  et  mis  au  jour,  d'apr^s  un  grand  nombre 
de  manuscrits,  par  M.  N.  .  A  Londres  {Paris.) 

8vo. 
This  work  ii  taken  from  the  papers  of  M.  B  *  *  *  (Bourgeois),  "secretary 


352  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1788.  of  the  chamber  of  Agriculture  of  the  Cape,"  by  his  nephew  M.  N.  (Nou- 

garet.)  Kicbardiere  says  that  "the  most  interesting  part  of  the  work 
is  that  which  relates  to  the  islands  of  Portorico,  Cunissoa,  Grenada,  and 
the  Bermudas,  and  to  New  Mexico  :  about  which  places  it  would  be 
difficult  to  find  such  interesting  and  satisfactory  details  in  any  other 
work."  It  bears  sufficient  evidence,  in  its  typographical  execution,  of 
having  been  printed  iu  France, 
The  Monthly  Review,  vol.  80,  1789,  says  "  the  work  is  ill  written.  We 
should  suspect  Monsr.  N.  not  to  be  a  native  of  France.  His  remarkable 
anecdotes  are  neither  amusing  nor  instructive.  Compared  with  the 
pompous  title,  this  work  is  one  illustration,  among  many,  of  the  partu- 
rient montes." 

26  Collection  de  tous  les  voyages  faits  autour  du  monde  par  les 
difFerentes  nations  de  I'Europe.  Redigee  par  M.  Berenger, 
avec  figures.  .  ,  .  A  Lausanne. 

8vo.  9  vols. 
The  Voyages  Interessans  (No.  22)  sometimes  form  a  10th  volume  of  this 
collection. 

27  HisToiRE  DES  D^couvERTES  et  des  voyages  faits  dans  le  Nord. 
Par  M.  J.  R.  Forster.  Mise  en  Francois  par  M.  Broussonet. 
Avec  trois  cartes  geographiques.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

28  Relacion  del  ultimo  viage  al  estrecho  de  Magallanes  de  la 
Fragata,  Santa  Maria  de  la  Cabeza  en  los  Alios  de  1785  y 
1786.  Extracto  de  todos  los  anteriores  desde  su  descubri- 
miento  impresos  y  mss.  Y  noticia  de  los  habitantes,  suelo, 
clima  y  producciones  del  estrecho. 

"  Magallanes,  setior,  ink  el  primer  hombre 
Que  abriendo  este  camino  le  di6  nombre." 

Ercilia  Araucana,  cant.  1,  oct.  8. 

Quarto,  portrait  of  Magallanes  and  maps.  Madrid. 

An  appendix  to  this  interesting  voyage  was  printed  in  1793. 

29  CoMPENDio  delahistoria  geografica,  natural  y  civil  del  Reyno 
de  Chile,  escrito  en  Italiano  por  el  Abate  Don  Juan  Ignacio 
Molina.  Primera  parte,  que  abraza  la  historia  geografica  y 
natural,  traducida  en  Espagnol  por  Don  Domingo  Joseph  de 
Arquellada  Mendoza,  &c.  .  .  Madrid. 

Small  4to.  pp.  418,  map. 
See  No.  45,  1782.     The  second  part  of  this  Spanish  translation  of  Molina 
was  printed  in  1795. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  353 

30  EsTADO  GENERAL  de  las  Misiones  que  tiene  k  su  cargo  la  reli-   1788. 

gion    serafica  en  las  dos  Americas  e  islas  Filipinas  segun 
consta  de  los  documentos  mas  modernos  y  seguros  que  se  han 
remitido  k  este  oficio  de  la  comisaria  general  de  Indias. 
Folio,  pp.  28.  Madrid. 

31  Memorial    ajustado   en  el  pleyto  que  se  sigue  por  Don 

Mariano  Colon  de  Larreategui,  &c.  con  Don  Jacobo  Stuard 

Colon  de  Portugal,   Duque  de  Veragua,  &c.      Sobre  la  pro- 

piedad  del  Mayorazgo  que  fundo  D.  Cristoval  Colon,  Sfc. 

Folio.  (Madrid.) 

This  volume  of  near  800  pages  contains  many  interesting  documents  relating 

to  Colon  (Columbus),  and  a  genealogical  table  of  his  descendants.     The 

date  at  the  end  is  1788. 

32  NoTiciA  DE  LOS  CAUDALES,  frutos  y  efectos  que  han  entrado 

en  Espaiia  de  la  America  en  el  feliz  reynado  de  Carlos  III. 

Por  D.  Manuel  Deo  gracias  Nifo.  .  Madrid. 

Small  8vo. 

This  little  volume  contains  an  account  of  the  importations  monthly  from 

America,  from  1759  to  1788.     By  the  resumen  at  the  end,  it  appears  that 

the  amount  of  money  alone,  during  that  period,  exclusive  of  merchandize, 

precious  stones,    &c.  was  447,571,737  dollars,   or   about  one  hundred 

million  sterling. 

33  HisTORiA.  GEOGRAFiCA,  civil  y  politica  de  la  isla  de  S.  Juan 

Bautista  de  Puerto  Rico.     Da  la  k  luz   Don  Antonio  Valla- 
dares  de  Sotomayor.  .  .  Madrid. 
Small  4to. 

This  work  was  edited  by  Valladares,  from  the  papers  of  Don  Inigo  Abbad . 

34  Elogio  d'Amerigo  Vespucci  che  ha  riportato  il  premio  dalla 

nobile  Accademia  Etrusca  di  Cortona  nel  di  15  d'Ottobre  dell' 

anno  1788.     Con  una  dissertazione  giustificativa  di  questo 

celebre  navigatore  del  P.  Stanislav  Canovai  delle  sucole  pie. 

Small  4to.  pp.  80.  Firenze. 

A  revised  edition  of  this  work,  with  considerable  additions,  was  printed  in 

1817. 

35  Flora   caroliniana,  secundum  systema  vegetabilium  peril- 

lustris  Linneei  digesta ;  characteres  essentiales  naturalesve  et 
differentias  veras  exhibens;  cum  emendationibus  numerosis  : 
descriptionum  antea  evulgatarum :  adumbrationes  stirpium 
plus  mille  continens :    necnon,  generibus  novis  non  paucis, 


354  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1788.  speciebus  plurimis  novisq :  ornata.    Auctore  Thomas  Walther 

**^^  Agricola.  .  .  .  Londini. 

8vo.  pp.  263,  plate. 

36  Nova  genera  et  species  plantarum  seu  prodroraus  descriptio- 

num  vegetabilium  maximam  partem  incognitorum  quae  sub 
itinere  in  Indiam  Occidentalem  annis  1783,  1787  digessit  Olof 
Swartz  M.  D.,  etc.  .  .  Holmice. 

8vo. 

37  Reise  durch  einige  der  mittlern  und  sudlichen    vereinigten 

nordameri-kanischen  Staaten  nach  Ost  Florida  und  den 
Bahama-Inseln,  unternammen  in  den  jahren  1783  und  1784, 
von  Johann  David  Schoepf,  &c.  .  Erlangen. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

38  Nic.   JosEPHi  Jacquin    selectarura    stirpium  Americanarum 

historia  in  qua  ad  Linnaenum  systema  determinatee  descrip- 
tseque  sistuntur  plantoe  illae  quas  in  insulis  Martinica, 
Jamaica,  Domingo,  aliisque,  et  in  vicina  continentis  parte 
observavit  rariores.  Cum  approbatione  auctoris  ad  exemplar 
majoris  operis  Vindobonee  edita,  recusura.  Manhemii. 

8vo.  pp.  363. 


MDCCLXXXIX. 

1  Bibliotheca  Americana,  or  a  chronological  catalogue  of  the 
most  curious  and  interesting  books,  &c.  upon  the  subject  of 
North  and  South  America,  from  the  earliest  period  to  the 
present,  in  print  and  manuscript ;  for  which  research  has 
been  made  in  the  British  Museum,  and  the  most  celebrated 
public  and  private  libraries,  reviews,  catalogues,  &c.  With 
an  introductory  discourse  on  the  present  state  of  literature  in 

those  countries.  .  .  Debrett,  . 

Quarto,  pp.  271. 
«  This  elaborate  composition,  we  are  informed,  was  undertaken  in  London, 
preparatory  to  a  new  history  of  America,  by  a  gentleman  resident  on 
that  continent.  As  a  catalogue,  no  more  can  be  said  than  tliat  it  is  a 
curiosity,  and  required  much  patient  labour  to  form  it."  M.R.  Part  of 
this  work  is  an  abridgment  of  White  Kennett's  Bib.  Am.  (1713):  the 
remainder  is  principally  taken  from  the  Monthly  Review. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  355 

Every  author  of  a  special  bibliography  must  necessarily  be  much  indebted    1789. 
to  all  those  who  have  gone  over  the  same  ground  before  him,  and  his 
qualifications  must  be  poor  indeed  if  he  does  not  improve  upon  the  work 
of  his  predecessor. 

2  The  history  of  the  American  revolution.     By  David  Ramsay, 

M.D.  of  South  Carolina.  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

Reprinted  in  London  in  1791.  See  under  1S16.  History  of  the  United 
States.  This  work  was  translated  into  Dutch  in  1792,  into  German  in  1794. 

3  Travels  through  the  interior  parts  of  America.     In  a  series  of 

letters.     By  an  Officer.  .  Lane, . 

Svo.  2  vols,  map  and  7  plates. 

Mr.  Thomas  Anburey,  the  author  of  these  travels,  was  an  officer  under 
General  Burgoyne,  and  whose  conduct,  in  his  unfortunate  campaign,  one 
object  of  this  publication  appears  to  have  been  to  vindicate.  The  Monthly 
Reviewer  says,  "  He  sometimes  diverts  us  with  anecdotes  concerning  the 
speeches  or  customs  or  manners  of  the  people,  as  he  passed  among  them, 
which,  though  droll,  or  even  ridiculous  enough,  are  of  that  kind  to  which 
something  similar  may  be  met  with  in  all  countries,  as  may  be  easily 
imagined  by  those  who  have  travelled  in  England."  How  different  from 
the  great  reviewers  of  1832  !  The  Critical  Reviewer  pronounces  "  this 
work,  in  its  most  essential  parts,  to  be  an  ill-digested  plagiarism  from 
Gen.  Burgoyne's  Narrative,  and  from  the  account  of  the  prosecution  of 
Colonel  Henley."  An  edition  in  French  was  printed  at  Paris  in  the 
following  year. 

4  The  American  geography;  or  a  view  of  the  present  situation 

of  the  United  States  of  America.  Containing  the  discovery 
and  general  description  of  America;  summary  account  of  the 
settlements  of  North  America ;  general  view  of  the  United 
States ;  their  boundaries,  lakes,  bays,  rivers,  mountains,  pro- 
ductions, population,  government,  agriculture,  commerce,  &c. 
Concise  account  of  the  war,  and  of  the  important  events 
which  have  succeeded  ;  biographical  sketches  of  several  illus- 
trious heroes ;  particular  descriptions  of  the  thirteen  United 
States,  and  of  Kentucky,  the  Western  Territory,  and  Vermont. 
Of  their  extent,  civil  divisions,  chief  towns,  constitutions, 
courts  of  justice,  colleges,  academies  and  schools,  religion, 
islands,  Indians,  literary  and  humane  societies,  &c.  Illus- 
trated with  two  sheet  maps  of  the  Southern  and  of  the 
Northern  States,  more  correct  than  any  that  have  hitherto 


356  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1789.  been  published.      To  which  is  added,  a  concise  abridgment 

'^'^  of  the  geography  of  the  British,  Spanish,  French,  and  Dutch 

dominions  in  America  and  the  West  Indies,  of  Europe,  Asia, 

and  Africa.     By  Jedediah  Morse.         .  Elizabeth- town. 

8vo.  pp.  534. 

The  above  is  an  abridgment  of  the  long  title  to  the  first  edition  of  Dr. 

Morse's  celebrated  geography. 

5  The  civil  and  natural  history  of  Jamaica.     Containing, 

I.  An  accurate  description  of  that  island,  its  situation  and 
soil ;  with  a  brief  account  of  its  former  and  present  state, 
government,  revenues,  produce  and  trade,  ii.  An  history  of 
the  natural  productions,  including  the  various  sorts  of  native 
fossils,  perfect  and  imperfect  vegetables,  quadrupeds,  birds, 
fishes,  reptiles  and  insects,  with  their  properties  and  uses  in 
mechanics,  diet,  and  physic.  By  Dr.  Patrick  Browne,  M.D. 
Illustrated  with  49  copper-plates,  in  which  the  most  curious 
productions  are  represented  of  their  natural  sizes,  and  deline- 
ated immediately  from  the  objects,  by  George  Dionysius 
Ehret.  There  are  now  added,  complete  Linnaean  Indexes, 
and  a  large  and  accurate  map  of  the  island.  London. 

Folio. 
Originally  published  in  1756.     The  present  is  merely  a  reprint  of  the  title- 
page,  and  new  indexes  added. 

6  A  SHOUT  ACCOUNT  of  the  Bahama  Islands,  their  climate,  pro- 

ductions, &c.  To  which  are  added,  some  strictures  upon 
their  relative  and  political  situation,  the  defects  of  their  pre- 
sent government,  &c.  By  a  Barrister  at  Law,  late  H.  M.'s 
solicitor-general  of  those  islands,  and  king's  counsel  for  the 
provinces  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick. 

Quarto,  pp.  44.  No  printer, . 

The  author  of  this  pamphlet  (John  Graves,  Esq.)  has  prefixed  to  it  the 
following  advertisement.  "  This  is  no  Catchpenny  pamphlet,  for  not  a 
copy  of  it  ever  has  been,  nor  (we  trust)  ever  will  be  sold.  It  was 
written  some  weeks  ago,  for  the  information  of  the  ministry,  and  was 
therefore  sent,  in  manuscript,  to  the  confidential  servants  of  the  crown 
principally  entrusted  with  the  direction  of  colonial  afifairs.  But  as  the 
grievances  of  which  it  treats  still  remain  unredressed  and  unnoticed,  a  lew 
copies  are  now  printed,  in  order  to  be  submitted  to  the  consideration  of 
those  to  whom  the  people  of  an  oppressed  colony  may  with  confidence 
look  up  for  protection  and  relief.'' 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  357 

7  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD ;    but  more  particularly  to  the   1789. 

North-West   coast  of  America:    performed  in   1785,  1786,     ^-^^ 
1787,  and  1788,  in  the  King  George  and  Queen  Charlotte, 
Captains  Portlock  and  Dixon.  Dedicated  to  Sir  Joseph  Banks. 

By  Captain  George  Dixon.  .  Goulding, . 

4to.  pp.  32,  360,  48.     22  plates. 

Translated  into  French  bj  M.  Lebas,  and  published  at  Paris  in  this  year, 
in  2  vols.  8vo. 

8  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  AvoRLD  ;    but  morc  particularly  to  the 

North-West  coast  of  America:  performed  in  1785,  1786, 
1787  and  1788,  in  the  King  George  and  Queen  Charlotte, 
Captains  Portlock  and  Dixon.  Embellished  with  twenty 
copper-plates;  and  dedicated  by  permission,   to  H.  M.,  by 

Captain  Nathaniel  Portlock.  .  Stockdale, . 

Quarto,  pp.  450. 

9  An  ABRIDGMENT  of  Portlock  and  Dixon's  voyage  round  the 

world,  performed  in  1785,  1786,  1787,  and  1788. 
8vo.  pp.  272,  map  and  plate.  Stockdale, . 

10  A  GENERAL  COLLECTION  OF  VOYAGES:    Undertaken  either  for 

discovery,  conquest,  settlement,  or  the  opening  of  trade,  from 
the  commencement  of  the  Portuguese  discoveries  to  the  pre- 
sent time.     Vol.  I.  .  .  .  London. 
Quarto,  pp.  518,  9  maps  and  plates. 
This  volume,  the  onlj  one  published,  contains  the  early  voyages  of  the 
Spaniards  and  Portuguese,  for  the  discovery  of  the  East  and  West  Indies. 

11  Selections    from    Les    Recherches    philosophiques    sur    les 

Americains  of  M.  Pauw.  By  Mr.  W  *  *  *.  "  Non  ea  nostra 
voce."  ....  Bath. 

Small  8vo.  pp.211. 
Fifty  copies  only  were  printed :  but  it  was  reprinted  and  published  in  1795. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  book  is  the  following  note.  03="  Care  will  be 
taken,  it  is  hoped,  that  this  copy  may  not  fall  into  the  hands  of  a  publisher; 
as  but  few  have  been  printed  for  the  author's  friends.  The  author  (Daniel 
Webb,  Esq.)  was  a  great  admirer  of  M.  Pauw.  A  "  sequel  to  the  selections 
from  Pauw,  in  notes,"  (pp.  .58,)  was  afterwards  printed,  but  never  pub- 
lished. 

12  Extra  official  state  rAPERS,  addressed  to  Lord  Rawdon, 

and  the  other  members  of  the  two  houses  of  Parliament, 
associated  for  the  preservation  of  the  constitution,  and  pro- 


358  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1789.  moting  the  prosperity  of  the  British  empire.      By  the  late 

Under  Secretary  of  State.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  174. 

Mr,  Knox,  the  author  of  this  publication,  was  deputy  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  American  department,  from  the  time  of  the  institution  of  the  office  to 
that  of  its  abolition.  He  gives  in  this  work  some  anecdotes  relative  to 
the  late  American  war,  and  to  the  great  revolution  which  it  produced ;  a 
acheme  for  establishing  episcopacy  in  Nova  Scotia;  and  various  plans 
relative  to  matters  of  public  concern."  M.R. 

13  State  of  the  present  form  of  government  of  the  province  of 
Quebec.  With  a  large  appendix,  containing  extracts  from 
the  minutes  of  an  investigation  into  the  past  administration 
of  justice  in  that  province,  instituted  by  order  of  Lord  Dor- 
chester, in  1787,  and  from  other  original  papers. 

8vo.  pp.  176.  Debrett, . 

14  A  BRIEF  ACCOUNT  of  Autigua,  together  with  the  customs  and 
manners  of  its  inhabitants,  as  well  white  as  black.  In  letters 
to  a  friend,  written  in  the  years  1786-1788  ;  by  John  Luffman. 

12mo.  map.  London. 

15  Letters  from  Sir  George  Brydges,  now  Lord  Rodney,  to 
H.  M.'s  ministers,  &c.  relative  to  the  capture  of  St.  Eustatius, 
and  its  dependencies,  and  shewing  the  state  of  the  war  in 
the  West  Indies  at  that  period.  Together  with  a  continuation 
of  his  Lordship's  correspondence  with  the  governors  and 
admirals  in  the  West  Indies  and  America,  during  the  year 
1781,  and  until  the  time  of  his  leaving  the  command,  and 
sailing  for  England.  .  .  Debrett, . 

4to.  pp.  180. 
In  one  of  his  letters  Lord  Rodney  states  that  if  it  had  not  been  for  the 
English  merchants  settled  in  St.  Eustatius,  '*  who  supplied  the  American 
rebels  with  every  necessary  and  implements  of  war,  the  rebellion  must 
have  been  long  since  at  an  end.'' 

16  A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  of  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  among  the 
Indians  ;  with  observations  on  the  Muhhekaneew  language. 

8vo.  London. 

According  to  Lowndes,  this  work  was  printed  at  Newhaven,  in  the  pre- 
ceding year.     Is  this  work  the  same  as  No.  11  of  that  year? 

17  A  SHORT  HISTORY  of  the  Agrostis  Cornucopice^  or  the  new 
American  grass  ;  and  a  new  botanical  description  of  the  plant. 
To  which  are  added,  experiments  to  point  out  the  proper  mode 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  359 

of  cultivating  this  plant ;  and  also  some  account  of  a  journey  1789. 
to  the  Cherokee  nation,  in  search  of  new  plants.     By  John    ^-"-^ 

Fraser.  .  .  .  Wenman, . 

Folio,  pp.  8.  and  plate. 

18  Description  du  Sol,  des   productions  de  cette  portion  des 

Etats-Unis,  situee  entre  la  Pennsylvanie,  les  rivieres  de  I'Ohio 
et  du  Scioto,  et  le  lac  Erie,  traduite  d'une  brochure  imprimee 
k  Salem,  en  Amerique,  en  1787.  .  .  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  30. 

Warden's  Bib.  Am.  p.  48. 

19  Memoire  sur  le  commerce  de  la  France  et  de  ses  colonies. 
Quarto  pp.  122.  Paris. 

"  Par  De  Tolosan,  intendant  du  commerce."     Barbier. 

20  Etat  des  Finances  de  St.  Domingue,  contenant  le  resume 

des  recettes  et  depenses  de  toutes  les  caisses  publiques  depuis 
le  Janvier  1788  jusqu'au  31  Decembre  de  la  m^me  annee; 
par  M.  Barbe  de  Marbois,  intendant  des  Isles  Fran9oises  sous 
le  vent.  Port  au  Prince. 

Quarto. 

21  ExAMEN  du  gouvernmentd'Angleterre  compare  aux  constitutions 

des  Etats-Unis,  oil  Ton  repete  quelques  assertions  contenues 
dans   I'ouvrage  de  M.  Adams,  par  un  cultivateur  de  New- 
Jersey ;  ouvrage  traduit  de  I'Anglois  avec  des  notes,  etc. 
Svo.  pp.  291.  Londres  {Paris.) 

The  author  of  this  work  was  M.  Livingston,  governor  of  New  Jersey ;  the 
translator,  M.  Fabre ;  and  the  notes  were  written  by  Dupont  de  Nemours, 
Condorcet,  and  Gallois.  The  original  work  has  escaped  mj  researches, 
nor  does  it  appear  to  have  been  known  to  the  author  of  the  Life  of  Go- 
vernor Livingston  (1833.) 

22  EssAi  SUR  l'histoire  naturelle  du  Chili,  par  M.  I'Abbe 

Molina  traduit'  de  I'ltalien  et  enrichie  de  notes  par  M.  Gruvel, 
D.  M.  .  .  .  .  Paris. 

Svo. 

See  No.  45,  1782. 

23  NuEvo  SisTEMA  DE  GoBiERNo  cconomico  para  la  America  :  con 

los  males  y  danos  que  le  causa  el  que  hoy  tiene,  de  los  que 
participa  copiosamente  Espaiia ;  y  remedies  universales  para 
que  la    primera  tenga  considerables  ventajas  y  la  segunda 


360  Bibliolheca  Americana  Nova. 

1789.  mayores  intereses :  por  el  Senor  D.  Joseph  del  Campillo  y 

•^'*'  Cosio.  ....  Madrid. 

8vo. 
This  book  was  written  in  1748,  but  nerer  before  printed  ;  probably  on  ac- 
count of  the  unpleasant  truths  it  contains  relating  to  the  treatment  of  the 
unfortunate  Indians  ;  although  many  of  the  measures  proposed  for  the 
better  government  of  the  Indies  were  put  in  practice  many  years  before 
the  work  was  published.  The  estimation  the  work  was  held  in  may  be 
judged  by  the  great  number  of  ms.  copies  to  be  found  in  Spain. 

24  Descubrimiento  de  la  Aguja  Nautica,  dela  situation  de  la 

America  del  arte  de  navegar  y  de  un  nuevo  metodo  para  el 
adelantamiento  en  las  artes  y  ciencias :  disertacion  en  que  se 
manifiesta  que  el  primer  autor  de  todo  lo  expuesto  es  el  Beato 
Raymundo  Lulio,  Martir  y  Doctor  illuminado :  con  un  apen- 
dice  de  la  ensenanza  p{iblica,  de  los  progresos  de  la  litera- 
tura,  y  otros  puntos  historicos  pertenecientes  a  Mallorca.  Su 
autor  el  R.  P.  Mro.  Don  Antonio  Raymundo  Pasqual,  Cis- 
terciense,  &c.  ....  Madrid. 

Quarto. 
This  work  contains  some  curious  notices  respecting  the  early  Majorcan 

cosmographers,    and  others  relating  to  the  celebrated  Benedictine  Fr. 

Bernardo  Boil,  who,  with  twelve  companions,  was  sent  with  Colon,  in  his 

second  voyage,  to  convert  the  Indians. 

25  Storia    BELLA  California,  opera  postuma  del  Nob.  Sig. 
Abate  D.  Francesco  Saverio  Clavigero.  .  Venezia. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
This  work  appears  to  be  very  little  known,  not  being  mentioned  in  any  bio- 
graphy of  Clavigero,  nor  in  any  bibliographical  work  which  I  have  seen. 
The  only  copy  I  ever  saw  or  heard  of,  I  found  at  Madrid,  in  1827. 

26  Saggio  SULLA  STORIA  NATURALE  dclia  provincia  del  Gran 

Chaco  e  suUe  pratiche,  e  su  costumi  dei  Popoli  che  I'abitano 
insieme  con  tre  giornali  di  altrettanti  viaggi,  fatte  alle  interne 
contrade  di  que  Barbari  composto  dal  Signor  Abate  D. 
Giuseppe  Jolis.     Tomo  I.  .  .  Faenza. 

8vo.  pp.  601.  map. 

This  work  was  to  have  consisted  of  four  volumes,  but  it  does  not  appear 
that  any  more  was  ever  published.  The  second  volume  was  to  contain 
an  account  of  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  native  inhabitants  of  the 
Great  Chaco,  and  the  third  and  fourth  the  author's  three  journeys  among 
the  different  tribes  that  inhabit  that  little  known  country.  The  author 
was  apparently  one  of  the  Spanish  Jesuits  who  were  expelled  from  South 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  361 

America,  and  retired  to  Italy.     From  having  resided  twelve  years  in  the    1 789. 
country  he  describes,  his  work  could  not  fail  to  be  interesting.  ^^s'^/ 

27  RicERCHE  IsTORico-CRiTiCHE  circa  alle  scoperte  d'Amerigo 
Vespucci  con  I'aggiunta  di  una  relazione  del  medesimo  fin 
ora  inedita.     Compilate  da  Francesco  Bartolozzi.       Firenze. 
8vo.  pp.  183. 


MDCCXC. 

1  The  present  state  of  Hudson's  Bay.      Containing  a  full 

description  of  that  settlement,  and  the  adjacent  country ; 
and  likewise  of  the  fur  trade,  with  hints  for  its  improvement, 
&c.  To  which  are  added,  Remarks  and  observations  made 
in  the  inland  parts,  during  a  residence  of  near  four  years ; 
and  a  specimen  of  five  Indian  languages;  and  a  journal  of  a 
journey  from  Montreal  to  New  York.  By  Edward  Umfreville, 
eleven  years  in  the  service  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and 

four  years  in  the  Canada  fur  trade.  Stalker, . 

8vo.  pp.  230. 

2  State  of  the  present  form  of  government  of  the  province 

of  Quebec.      With  a  large  Appendix,    containing  extracts 
from  the  minutes  of  an  investigation  into  the  past  administra- 
tion of  justice  in  that  province,  instituted  by  order  of  Lord 
Dorchester,  in  1787,  and  from  other  original  papers. 
8vo.  pp.  176.  London. 

Printed  only  for  private  distribution. 

3  Answer  to  an  introduction  to  the   observations  made  by  the 

judges  of  the  court  of  Common  Pleas  for   the    district  of 

Quebec,  upon  the  oral  and  written  testimony  adduced  upon 

the    investigation    into    the    past    administration    of  justice, 

ordered   in   consequence   of  an    address  of  the   Legislative 

Council.     With  remarks  on  the  laws  and  government  of  the 

province  of  Quebec.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  107. 

This  tract,  like  the  foregoing,  was  privately  printed,  both  being  without 

printer  or  publisher's  name. 

4  A  JOURNAL  of  the  transactions  and  occurrences  in  the  settle- 

ment of  Massachusetts  and  the  other  New  England  colonies, 


362  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1790.  from  the  year  1630  to  1644.     By  John  Winthrop,  Esq.  first 

^'*'  Governor  of  Massachusetts.  .  .  Hartfordy  Con. 

8vo.  pp.  364. 

See  1825. 

5  A  REVIEW  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States  of  North  America, 

the  British  provinces,  and  West  India  islands;  with  select 
precedents  and  observations  upon  divers  acts  of  Parliament 
and  acts  of  Assembly,  and  a  comparison  of  the  courts  of  law 
and  practice  there  with  that  of  Westminster  Hall.  London. 
8vo.  pp.  260. 

6  Memoirs  of  the  late  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  ;   with  a  review  of 

his  pamphlet  intitled  Information  to  those  who  would  xvish  to 

remove  to  America.  .  .  Clarke, . 

8vo.  pp.  94. 
This  anonymous  writer  endeavours   to  depreciate  tbe  character  of  Dr. 
Franklin  in  these  memoirs,  which  are  loose,  general,  and  of  course  de- 
ficient.    He  flatly  contradicts  the  representations  used  by  the  Doctor  to 
encourage  emigration  to  America. 

7  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  State  on  the  subject  of  establishing 

a  uniformity  in  the  weights,  measures,  and  coins  of  the  United 

States.     Published  by  order  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Small  Svo.  pp.  49.  New  York. 

8  An  account  of  the  surveys  of  Florida,  &c.     With  directions 

for  sailing  from  Jamaica  or  the  West  Indies  by  the  west  end 
of  Cuba,  and  through  the  Gulph  of  Florida.  To  accompany 
Mr.  Gauld's  charts.  ,  .  .  London. 

4to.  pp.  27,  map. 

9  The  case  of  Richard  Downing  Jennings,  an  English  subject, 

who  resided  at  Saint  Eustatius  as  a  merchant  when  that 
island  was  captured  by  Lord  Rodney  and  General  Vaughan, 

in  the  year  1781.  .  .  Galabin, . 

8vo.  pp.  62. 

10  A   descriptive   account   of  the   island   of  Jamaica;    with 

remarks  upon  the  cultivation  of  the  sugar-cane  throughout 
the  different  seasons  of  the  year,  and  chiefly  considered  in  a 
picturesque  point  of  view  :  also,  observations  and  reflections 
upon  what  would  probably  be  the  consequences  of  an  abolition 
of  the  slave-trade,  and  of  the  emancipation  of  the  slaves.     By 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  363 

William  Beckford,  Esq.  author  of  Remarks  on  the  situation   1790. 

of  Negroes  in  Jamaica.  .  .  Egerton,  .     »*>'*' 

8vo.  2  vols. 
Mr.  Beckford  resided  for  several  years  in  Jamaica,  and  was  largely  con* 
cemed  in  its  plantations  and  traffic  ;  bis  work,  in  consequence,  contains 
much  valuable  information,  al though  not  a  perfect  production.  The 
author  says  tliat  liis  motive  for  writing  this  work  arose  from  *'  the  desire 
of  employing  some  hours,  which  otherwise  would  have  been  consumed  in 
sorrow  and  despondency,  in  a  manner  pleasing  to  himself,  and  inoffensive 
lo  society." 

1 1  Manners  and  customs  of  the  West  India  Islands.   Containing 

various  particulars  respecting  the  soil,  cultivation,  produce, 
trade,  officers,  inhabitants,  &c.  With  the  method  of  esta- 
blishing and  conducting  a  sugar  plantation;  in  which  the  ill 
practices  of  superintendants  are  pointed  out.  Also  the  treat- 
ment of  slaves  and  the  slave-trade.     By  J.  B.  Moreton. 

8vo.  pp.  192.  Richardson, . 

The  author,  it  appears,  was  a  negro  driver.  He  has  given  a  strange  jumble 
of  good  advice,  gross  descriptions,  licentious  remarks,  and  bad  poetry, 
mixed  occasionally  with  texts  of  scripture. 

12  A  SHORT  JOURNEY  in  the  West  Indies,  in  which  are  inter- 
spersed curious  anecdotes  and  characters.      Murray, . 

Small  8vo.  2  vols. 
A  light  composition,  containing  some  very  amusing  sketches  of  West  Indian 
manners,  together  with  slight  accounts  of  West  Indian  productions  for 
the  table.    But  the  chief  object  of  the  work  is  to  exaggerate  the  hardships 
of  negro  slavery. 

13  The  Spanish  pretensions  fairly  discussed,  by  A.  Dalrymple. 
8vo.  pp.  19.  Elmsly, . 

A  discussion  of  the  claims  of  Spain  to  the  whole  of  the  Magellanic  regions, 
and  to  the  whole  of  the  N.  W.  coast  of  America. 

14  The  Spanish  memorial  of  the  4th  of  June  considered,  by 

A.  Dalrymple.  .  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  21. 
Mr.  D.  charges  the  court  of  Spain  with  ambiguity  or  duplicity  in  its  conduct 
with  regard  to  the  seizure  of  British  ships  at  Nootka  Sound. 

15  Official  papers  relative  to  the  dispute  between  the  courts  of 

Great  Britain  and  Spain,  on  the  subject  of  the  ships  captured 

at  Nootka  Sound,  &c.  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  100. 
"  These  official  papers  will  always  remain  acceptable  and  useful  to  future 
statesmen,  politicians,  and  historians."  M.  R. 


364  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1790.    16  Letters  lately  published  in  the  Diary,  on  the  subject  of  the 
**"*'             present  disputes  with  Spain,  under  the  signature  of  Verus. 
8vo.  pp.  101.  Kearsley, — . 

17  Authentic  copy  of  the  memorial  of  Lieut.  John  Mears,  of  the 

Royal  Navy,  dated  April  30,   1790,  and  presented  to  the 
House  of  Commons,   May  13th;  containing  every  particular 
respecting  the  capture  of  the  vessels  in  Nootka  Sound. 
8vo.  pp.  65.  Debrett, . 

18  An  authentic  statement  of  all  the  facts  relative  to  Nootka 

Sound  ;  its  discovery,  history,  settlement,  trade,  and  the 
probable  advantages  to  be  derived  from  it.     In  an  address  to 

the  King.     By  Argonaut.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  26. 
"  In  this  tract  the  high  claims  of  the  Spaniards  to  a  monopoly  of  almost 
half  the  globe  of  the  earth,  are  exposed  with  great  spirit,  and  treated  with 
the  utmost  contempt."  M.R. 

19  A  CONTINUATION  of  An  Authentic  Statement,  &c.     With  ob- 

servations on  a  libel  which  has  been  traced  to  a  foreign 
ambassador.     In  a  second  letter,  by  Argonaut. 

8vo.  pp.  34.  Fores, . 

The  libel  referred  to  was  an  article  in  the  newspapers,  supposed  to  be 
written  by  the  Spanish  minister,  containing  reflections  on  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  Nootka  Sound  commerce. 

20  An  HISTORICAL  JOURNAL  of  the  expeditions  by  sea  and  land, 

to  the  north  of  California ;  in  1768,  1769  and  1770;  when 
Spanish  establishments  were  first  made  at  San  Diego  and 
Monte  Rey.  From  a  Spanish  ms.  translated  by  William 
Revely,  Esq.     Published  by  A.  Dalrymple. 

4to.  pp.  76,  and  two  maps.  Elmlsey,  . 

"  This  was  a  Spanish  ms.  presented  to  the  ingenious  and  indefatigable  Mr. 
Dalrymple  by  Dr.  Robertson.  Mr.  D.  had  it  translated  by  ]\Ir.  Rerely, 
and  enriched  it  with  other  corresponding  materials,  and  two  maps  of  this 
hitherto  imperfectly  known  coast.  The  account  is  very  curious  and  in- 
teresting.'' M.R.     &ee  Diario  Histocico,  1710. 

21  Voyages  made  in  the  years  1788  and  1789,  from  China  to  the 

North-west  coast  of  America.  To  which  are  prefixed,  an  in- 
troductory narrative  of  a  voyage  performed  in  1786,  from 
Bengal,  in  the  ship  Nootka  ;  observations  on  the  probable  ex- 
istence of  a  North-west  passage ;  and  some  account  of  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  365 

trade  between   the  North-west  coast   and  China,    and   the    1790. 
latter  country  and  Great  Britain.     By  John  Meares,  esq. 
Large  4to.  plates  £1  16s.  Logographic  Press. 

This  work  was  reprinted  in  octavo  in  the  following  year,  but  a  number  of 
plates  are  omitted  in  that  edition.  A  French  translation  by  Billecocq 
was  published  at  Paris,  in  1795. 

22  Remarks  on  the  voyages  of  John  Meares,  Esq.  in  a  letter  to 

that  gentleman,  by  George  Dixon,  late  commander  of  the 
Queen  Charlotte,  in  a  voyage  round  the  world. 

Quarto,  pp.  37.  Stockdale, . 

See  1T91. 

23  Curious  and  entertainikg  voyages  undertaken  either  for 

discovery,  conquest,  or  the  benefit  of  trade ;  commencing 
with  the  earliest  discoveries  promoted  by  Prince  Henry  of 
Portugal,  and  58  different  Portuguese  and  Spanish  voyages, 
exhibiting  various  scenes  of  cruelties,  hardships,  misfortunes 
and  discoveries,  particularly  on  Collumbus's  conquest  of 
Mexico,  &c.  with  MAagellan's  voyage  round  the  world. 

Quarto.  Stalker, . 

A  new  title  to  No.  9,  1789. 

24  L'Amerique  Independante,  ou  les  differentes  constitutions 

des  treize  provinces  qui  se  sont  erigees  en  republiques,  sous 
le  nom  d'Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique.  Avec  un  precis  de  I'his- 
toire  de  chaque  province,  etdes  remarques  sur  les  constitutions, 
la  population,  les  finances  et  I'etat  dans  lequel  les  provinces 
se  trouvent  actuellement.  Par  M.  Demeunier,  avocat  et 
censeur-royal,  auteur  de  la  partie  economic  politique  de  I'En- 
cyclopedie  Methodique.  .  .  .  Gand. 

8vo.  4  vols  in  2. 

25  ApERqu  hazard!  sur  I'exportation  dans  les  colonies.     Dedie 

k  feu  M.  Franklin.  .  .  .  Paris, 

Bvo.  pp.  64. 

26  Le  Nouveau  Mississipi,  ou  les  dangers  d'habiter  les  bords  du 

Scioto,  par  un  Patriote  voyageur.  .  .  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  44. 
The  dedication  is  signed  Ft.  Jacquemart,     The  object  of  this  pamphlet 
was  to  prevent  people  purchasing  land  of  the  Scioto  company,  established 
in  Paris. 

27  Causes  qui  se  sont  opposees  aux  progres  du  commerce,  entre 


366  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1790.  la  France,  etles  Etats-Unis  de  TAmerique.     Avecles  moyens 

de  I'accelerer  et  la  comparaison  de  la  dette  nationale  de  I'An- 
gleterre,  de  la  France,  et  des  Etats-Unis ;  en  six  lettres 
adressees  k  M.  le  Marquis  de  la  Fayette.  Traduit  sur  le 
manuscrit  Anglais  du  Colonel  Swan,  ancien  membre  de  la  le- 
gislation de  la  republique  de  Massachusett.  Paris. 
8vo.  pp.  318. 

28  Decouvertes  des  Fran9ais  en  1768  et  1769,  dans  le  Sud-est 
de  la  Nouvelle  Guinee.  .  .  .  Paris. 

4to.  pp.  309.  13  charts. 

By  Count  Claret  de  Fleurieu.     Translated  into  English  in  1791. 

29  HisToiRE  DES  KAUFRAGES,  ou  rccucil  dcs  relations  les  plus 
interessantes  des  naufrages,  hivernemens,  delaissemens, 
incendies,  famines,  et  autres  evenemens  funestes  sur  mer, 
qui  ont  ete  publiees  depuis  le  quinzieme  siecle  jusqu'  k 
present.     Par  M.  D  ....  Avocat.         .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  3vols.  6  plates. 
By  M.  de  Perthes,  Barb. — This  work  was  translated   into   English,   and 
published  in  1812,   without   any  acknowledgment  of  the   source   from 
whence  it  was  derived. 

30  Coup  d'(eil  sur  les  quatre  concours  qui  ont  en  lieu  k  I'Aca- 

demie  de  Lyon  pour  le  prix  oflfert  par  M.  I'Abbe  Raynal  sur 

la  decouverte  de  I'Amerique.  .  .  Paris. 

8vo. 

Meusel  z.  332. 

31  Relacion  sumaria  de  los  progresos  de  los  Misioneros  Fran- 

ciscos  observantes  del  colegio  de  Propaganda  fide  de  Santa 

Rosa  de  Ocopa,  en  el  valle  de  Xauxa  en  los  anos  de  de  787,  88, 

y  89,  en  las  montanas  de  Caxamarquilla  Huanuco,  Tarma, 

Xauxa,  Guanta,  y  Archipielago  de  Chiioe.     Siendo  Guardian 

el  R.  P.  P.  A.  Fr.  Man^  Sobreviela.  .  (Lima.) 

Folio,  pp.  16. 

Dated  in  Lima,  Feb.  12,  1790. 

32  ViAGGio  negli  Stati  Uniti  dell  America  Settentrionale 
fatto  negli  anni  1785,  1786,  e  1787,  da  Luigi  Castiglioni,  &c. 
Con  alcune  Osservazioni  sui  vegetabili  piu  utili  di  quel  paese. 

8vo.  2  vols,  plates.  .  .  .  Milano. 

33  Francisci  Hernandi  Medici  atque  Historici  Philippi  II. 
Hisp.  et  Indiar.  Regis,  et  totius  Novi  Orbis  Archiatri,  Opera, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  367 

cum  edita  turn  inedita,  ad  autograph!  fidem  et  integritatem   1 790. 
expressa  impensa  et  jussu  Regio. 
4to.  3  vols.  Matriti. 

Published  under  the  direction  of  Ortega.    There  are  copies  on  lai^  paper. 


MDCCXCI. 

1  Travels  through  North  and  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  East  and 

West  Florida,  the  Cherokee  country,  the  extensive  territories 

of  the  Muscogulges  or  Creek  confederacy,  and  the  country  of 

the  Chactaws ;  containing  an  account  of  the  soil  and  natural 

productions  of  those  regions ;  together  with  observations  on 

the  manners  of  the  Indians.     Embellished  with  copper-plates. 

By  William  Bartram.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  map  and  16  plates. 

William  Bartram  died  in  July,  1823,  at  the  age  of  85.     These  travels  were 

undertaken  bj  the  desire,  and  probably  at  the  expense  of  Dr.  Fothergill, 

of  London,  and  were  performed  between  the  years  1773  and  1778.     Onlj 

eight  of  the  sixteen  plates,  principally  of  plants,  are  given  in  the  English 

edition,  printed  in  1792,  and  again  in  1704.    It  was  translated  into  French 

by  P.  V.  Benoist,  in  1799. 

2  Voyages  and  Travels  of  an  Indian  interpreter  and  trader; 

describing  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  North  American 
Indians ;  with  an  account  of  the  ports  situated  on  the  river 
St.  Laurence,  Lake  Ontario,  &c.  To  which  is  added,  a  vo- 
cabulary of  the  Chippeway  language.  Names  of  furs  and 
skins  in  the  Chippeway  language.  A  list  of  words  in  the 
Iroquois,  Mohegan,  Shawanee,  and  Esquimaux  tongues,  and 
a  table,  shewing  the  analogy  between  the  Algonkin  and 
Chippeway  languages.     By  /.  Long.  .  London. 

4to.  pp.  295. 

3  Memoirs  of  the  life  of  Charles  Lee,  esq.  lieut.-col.  of  the  44th 

regiment,  colonel  in  the  Portuguese  service,  &c.  and  second  in 
command  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  of  America  during 
the  Revolution;  to  which  are  added,  his  political  and  military 
essays;  also,  letters  to  and  from  many  distinguished  characters, 

both  in  Europe  and  America.  .  Jordan, . 

8vo.  pp.  439. 


368  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1791.  This  volume  contains  many  curious  particulars  relating  to  the  war  between 

y^s^m^  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies. 

4  Authentic  memoirs  of  William  Augustus  Bowles,  esq.  ambas- 

sador from  the  united  nations  of  Creeks  and  Cherokees,  to  the 

court  of  London.  .  .  Faulder, . 

12mo.  pp.  80. 
Mr.  Bowles  was  a  native  of  Maryland;  and,  being  of  an  unsettled,  roving 
and  enterprising  disposition,  attached  himself  to  one  of  the  Indian  nations, 
became  enamoured  of  a  savage  life,  and  married  a  savage  girl ;  then 
settled  among  her  friends,  and  became  by  adoption  an  Indian  warrior. 
What  his  errand  and  that  of  his  companions  was  in  England,  the  pamphlet 
does  not  state. 

5  Thoughts  on  the  Canada  bill,  now  depending  in  Parliament. 
8vo.  pp.  50.  Debrett, . 

6  Observations  upon   the  government  of  the  United  States  of 

America.     By  James  Sullivan,  esq.   attorney-general  to  the 
commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  .  Boston. 

8vo. 

7  An  enquiry  into  the  truth  of  the  tradition  concerning  the  dis- 

covery of  America  by  Prince  Madog  ab  Owen  Gwynedd,  about 

the  year  1170.     By  John  Williams,  ll.d.        White, . 

8vo.  pp.  85. 
"Dr.  Williams  maintains  that  there  are  sufficient  memorials  of  the  emigra- 
tion of  prince  Madog  to  warrant  the  conclusion  that  the  Spaniards  were 
not  the  first  discoverers  of  America.  His  chief  authorities  are  certain 
registers  kept  in  the  abbeys  of  Conway  and  Strat  Flur,  copied  by  Guttun 
Owen,  a  bard,  about  1480,  and  published  in  Caradoc's  History  of  Wales, 
in  1584,  which  speaks  of  Madog's  sailing  from  Wales,  leaving  Ireland  to 
the  north,  and  visiting  an  unknown  country  to  the  West,  to  which  he 
afterwards  cor  ducted  a  colony.  He  also  lays  much  stress  on  a  letter  from 
Morgan  Jones,  written  in  1660,  and  inserted  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 
1740,  which  asserts,  that  he  met  with  a  tribe  of  Indians  in  America,  who 
understood  the  Welsh  language."  M.R. 

8  Return  of  the  number  of  persons  within  the  several  districts  of 

the  United   States,  according  to  "  an  act  providing  for  the 

enumeration  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  United  States,"  passed 

March  the  first,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-one. 

8vo.  pp.  56.  Philadelphia. 

With  an  autograph  siguature  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  at  that  time  Secretary 

of  State. 

9  The  History  of  the  island  of  Dominica.      Containing  a  de- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  369 

scription  of  its  situation,  extent,  climate,  mountains,  rivers,    1791. 
natural  productions,  &c.     Together  with  an  account  of  the 
civil  government,  trade,  laws,  customs  and  manners  of  the 
different  inhabitants  of  that  island  ;  its  conquest  by  the  French, 
and    restoration  to    the    British   dominions.       By   Thomas 

Atwood.  .  .  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.285. 
Mr.  Atwood  passed  several  years  in  Dominica,  and  has  drawn  up  a  plain 
and  succinct  account  of  the  island. 

10  A  PARTICULAR  ACCOUNT  of  the  Commencement  and  progress 

of  the  insurrection  of  the  Negroes  in  St.   Domingo,  which 

began  in  August  last.     Being  a  translation  of  the  speech  made 

to  the  National  Assembly,  the  .3d  Nov.  1791,  by  the  Deputies 

from  the  General  Assembly  of  the  French  part  of  St.  Domingo. 

Svo.  pp.  36. 

Printed  by  order  of  the  National  Assembly. 

11  Representation  by  the  creditors  of   the  island  of  Tobago 

to  the  United  Committees  of  Colonies  and  Commerce, 
appointed  by  the  National  Assembly  of  France,  to  consider 
the  memorial  presented  to  them  by  the  said  creditors,  praying 
a  repeal  of  the  arrfet  of  29th  July,  1786,  &c.  With  the 
opinions  of  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General  of  England, 
&c.  .  .  '     .  .  No  place. 

8vo.  pp.  47. 

12  Voyages  made  in  the  years  1788  and  1789  from  China  to  the 

N.  W.  coast  of  America,  &c.     By  John  Meares,  esq. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Logographic  press, . 

The  second  edition  of  Meares 's  voyage.     See  No.  21, 1790.     Several  of  the 
plates  of  the  quarto  are  omitted  in  this  edition. 

13  An   answer  to  Mr.  George  Dixon,  late  commander  of  the 

Queen  Charlotte,  in  the  service  of  Messrs.  Etches  and  Com- 
pany.     By  John    Meares,  esq.       In   which  the  remarks  of 
Mr.  Dixon  on  the  Voyages  to  the  N.W.  Coast  of  America, 
&c.  lately  published,  are  fully  considered  and  refuted. 
Quarto,  pp.  32.  Walter, . 

14  Further  remarks  on  the  voyages  of  John  Meares,  esq.;  in 

which  several  important  facts,  misrepresented  in  the  said 
voyages,  relative  to  geography  and  commerce,  are  fully 
substantiated.  To  which  is  added,  a  Letter  from  Captain 
Duncan,  containing  a  decisive  refutation  of  several  unfounded 


370  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1791.  assertions  of  Mr.  Meares;  and  a  final  reply  to  his  answer. 

^-^*'  By  George  Dixon,  late  commander  of  the  Queen  Charlotte, 

in  a  voyage  round  the  world  .         Stockdale, 

Quarto,  pp.  80. 
15  An  abridgement  of  Portlock's  and  Dixon's  voyage  round  the 
world,  performed  in  1785,  1786,  1787,  and  1788. 
8vo.  pp.  272.  Stockdale, 


16  Travels  round  the  world,  in  the  years  1767,  1768,  1769,  1770 

1771.  By  M.  de  Pages,  captain  in  the  French  Navy,  cheva 
lier  of  the  royal  and  military  order  of  St.  Louis,  and  corre 
spending  member   of  the  Academy  of    Sciences  at   Paris 

Translated  from  the  French  .         .         Murray,  

8vo.  3  vols. 
M.  de  Pag^s  traversed  the  North  American  continent,  from  New  Orleans,  hy 
Mexico,  to  Acapulco,  in  a  journey  of  800  leagrues,  chiefly  by  land.  From 
Acapuico  he  took  his  passage  in  the  annual  ship  to  Manilla,  wintered  in 
Samar,  one  of  the  Marianne  islands,  whence  ho  proceeded  to  Manilla, 
and  from  thence,  by  Surat,  Bassora,  the  deserts  of  Arabia  and  Damascus, 
returned  to  Marseilles.  M.  de  Pages'  relations  were  first  printed  at 
Paris,  in  1782.  Besides  the  sanction  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  Paris, 
the  book  is  written  in  a  style  persuasive  of  its  veracity.  The  third 
volume  was  printed  in  1792,  and  contains  a  voyage  towards  the  South 
Pole,  in  1773  and  1774,  and  another  towards  the  North  Pole,  in  1776. 

17  Discoveries  of  the  French  in  1768  and  1769,  to  the  south 

east  of  New  Guinea.  To  which  is  prefixed,  an  historical 
abridgement  of  the  voyages  and  discoveries  of  the  Spaniards 
in  the  same  seas.  By  M.  *  *  *,  formerly  a  captain  in  the 
French  navy.     Translated  from  the  French. 

Quarto.  Stockdale, . 

By  Count  Claret  de  Fleurieu.     See  No.  27  of  1790. 

18  Political   essays    on  the  nature    and  operation  of  money, 

public  finances,  and  other  subjects.      Published  during  the 

American  war,  and  continued  up  to  the  present  year,  1791. 

By  Pelatiah  Webster,  A.M.       .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo. 

"  These  essays  discover  a  vigorous  and  active  mind  in  political  speculations  ; 

and  tlie  author  has  contributed  many  judicious  and  useful  remarks,  for 

the  benefit  of  his  country,  in  the  prosecution  of  independence." — Crit. 

Rev.  vol.  V.  1792. 

19  OnsERVATioNs  and    remarks   made   during  a  voyage   to  the 

islands  of  Tcneiiire,   Amsterdum.  M-^r^'s  Islands,  near  Van 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  371 

Diemen's  Land,  Otaheite,  Sandwich  Islands,  Owhyhee,  the    1791, 
Fox  Islands,  on  the  N.  W.  coast  of  America,  Tinian,  and 
from  thence  to  Canton,  m  the  brig  Mercury,  commanded  by 
John  Henry  Cox,  Esq.     Illustrated  with  plans,  &c.  by  Lieut. 
George  Mortimer.        ,  .  .  London. 

Quarto,  pp.  72. 

20  The  American  oracle,  comprehending  an  account  of  recent 

discoveries  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  with  a  variety  of  religious, 
political,  physical,  and  philosophical  subjects,  necessary  to  be 
known  in  all  families,  for  the  promotion  of  their  present  feli- 
city and  future  happiness.  By  the  Hon.  Samuel  Stearns, 
LL.D.  .  Lackington, 

8vo. 
This  work  is  quite  a  pocket  encyclopaedia,  written  in  a  style  of  great 
nairet6.  The  author,  among  other  things,  forms  a  theory  of  the  Aurora 
Borealis,  from  observing  the  sparks  ou  "  stroaking  of  the  back  of  an  old 
black  cat."  The  author  styles  himself  Astronomer  to  the  provinces  of 
Quebec  and  New  Brunswick  ;  also  to  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  and 
the  State  of  New  York.  A  writer  in  the  Columbian  Magazine,  Feb.  1792, 
says  "  that  it  appears  to  be  a  piece  of  transatlantic  manufacture,  vamped 
Vp  for  the  American  market,  with  a  New  York  title-page  and  introduction,'' 
and  treats  the  work  with  great  contempt.  The  Critical  Review  is  more 
im'ulgent,  and  says  that  "  Our  author  is,  at  times,  whimsical  and  fanciful ; 
a  few  errors  have  occasionally  crept  in  ;  but,  in  general,  his  morality  is 
unexceptionable,  and  his  philosophy,  when  he  does  not  attempt  to  explore 
untrodden  tracts,  correct  and  judicious.'' 

21  NouvEAU   VOYAGE  daus  les  Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique  Septen- 

trionale,  fait  en  1788  par  J.  P.  Brissot,  (Warville,)  citoyen 
Fran9ois.        ....  Paris. 

8vo.  3  vols. 
The  author  went  to  the  United  States  just  before  the  French  revolution, 
for  the  purpose  of  selecting  a  suitable  place  for  establishing  a  colony  of 
respectable  persons,  who  had  determined  to  abandon  the  then  despotic 
government  of  France,  and  seek  an  asylum  under  the  mild  and  equal  go- 
vernment of  the  United  States.  M.  Brissot  was  commissioned  to  collect 
every  necessary  information,  prior  to  the  execution  of  so  important  a  plan. 
These  volumes  contain  the  result  of  his  assiduous  labours,  and  minute 
enquiries,  and  sufficiently  manifest  that  he  was  qualified  to  accomplish 
such  an  arduous  undertaking.  An  English  translation  was  published  the 
following  year  (No.  13).  Thu  3d  volume  is  a  new  edition  of  Brissot  and 
Claviercs  "  De  la  France,  et  des  Etuis  Utiii,"  <kc.  printed  at  Paris,  in  1787, 
and  in  Eogliith  in  17U8. 


372  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1791.  22  La  vie  de  Guillaume  Penn,  fondateiir  de  la  Pensylvanie, 
**'*'  premier  legislateur  connu   des   Etats   Unis   dc   rAmerique. 

Ouvrage  contenant  I'histoire  des  premier  fondemens  de  Phila- 
delphia, des  lois  et  de  la  constitution  des  Etats  Unis  de 
TAmerique,  des  principes  et  actions  de  la  Societe  des  Amis, 
&c.     Par  J.  Marsillac,  docteur  en  medecine,  &c.  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

23  Dissertation  sur  les  fruits  de  la  decouverte  de  I'Amerique, 

qui  a  obtenu  en  1785  une  mention  honorable  de  I'academie 
de  Lyon;  revue  et  corrigee  pour  le  concours  en  1787;  par 
un  Citoyen,  ancien  Syndic  de  la  Chambre  de  Commerce  de 
Lyon.  ....  Paris. 

8vo. 

24  Constitutions  des  principaux  Etats  de  I'Europe  et  des  Etats 

Unis  de  I'Amerique,  par  M.  de  la  Croix,  professenr  de  droit 
public  au  Lycee.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  3  vols. 

Triinslated  into  English  in  1792. 

25  Memoire  sur  un  nouveau  passage  de  la  Mer  du  Nord  a  la  Mer 

du  Sud.     Par  M.  Martin  de  la  Bastide.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  70,  map. 
Relates  to  the  formation  of  a  canal  or  passage  across  the  Isthmus  of  Darien. 

26  Histoire   ABRiciE  de  la   Mer  du    Sud,  ornee  de   plusieurs 

cartes.  Dediee  au  Roi  et  composee  pour  I'education  de  M. 
le  Dauphin.  Par  M.  de  la  Borde,  ancien  premier  valet-de- 
chambre  du  Roi,  &c.      .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  3  vols.  20  plates  and  maps. 
Eleven  charts  are  done  up  separately,  and  seldom  found  with  the  work. 

27  Recueil  de  vues  des  lieux  principaux  de  la  colonic  Fran^uisj 

de  Saint  Domingue,  gravees  par  les  soins  de  M.  Ponce,  &c. 
accompagnees  de  cartes  et  plans  de  la  meme  colonic  graves 
par  les  soins  de  M.  Phelipeau,  Ingenieur  Geographe ;  le  tout 
principalement  destine  a  I'ouvrage  intitule  Loix  et  constitu- 
tions des  colonies  Francoises  de  I'Amerique  sous  le  vent,  avec 
leur  description,  leur  histoire,  &c.  Par  M  .Moreau  de  Saint- 
Mery,  &c.       ....  Paris. 

Large  folio,  29  plates  ;  some  with  two  or  more  subjects.     Plates  16  and  17, 
which  were  to  he  given  gratis  ut  the  end  of  the  year,  are  wanting. 


Bibliolheca  Americana  Nova.  373 

28  HiSTORiA  NATURAL,  civjl  y  geographica  de  las  naciones  situ-    1791. 

adas  en  las  riberas  del   Rio   Orinoco.     Su    autor   el    padre     '^^*' 
Joseph  Gumilla,  &c.    Nueva  impression  :  mucho  mas  correcta 
que  las  anteriores,  y  adornada  con  ocho  laminas  finas,  que 
manifiestan  las  costumbres  y   ritos  de  aquellos  Americanos. 
Corregido  por  el  P.  Ignacio  Ohregon,  &c.  Barcelona. 

4to.  2  vols. 

See  No.  20,  1741. 

29  Cai.endario  Manual  y  guiade  forasteros  de  Mexico  para  el  ano 

de  1791.  Por  Don  Felipe  de  Zufiiga  y  Ontiveros.  Cun 
privilegio  en  su  oficina.  .  .  Mexico. 

12mo.  with  a  map  and  plan  of  Mexico. 

30  Mercukio  Peruano  de  historia,  literatura,  y  noticias  publicas, 

que  da  a  luz  la  Sociedad  Academica  de  Amantes  de  Lima,  y 
en  su  nombre  D.  Jacinto  Calero  y  Moreira.         .  Lima. 

Quarto. 
The  Mercurio  Peruano  (Peruvian  Mercury)  was  commenced  in  1791,  and 
continued  until  the  end  of  1704,  when  it  stopped,  in  consequence  of  some 
of  the  members  of  the  society  by  which  it  was  published  having  returned 
to  Europe.  The  whole  collection  forms  twelve  volumes  in  small  quarto  ; 
but  it  is  rare  indeed  that  all  the  volumes  are  found  together.  The  chitf 
object  of  the  work  was  to  illustrate  the  topography  and  local  history  of 
Peru,  and  to  give  an  account  of  the  arts,  agriculture,  mines,  commerce, 
and  navigation  of  that  kingdom  ;  but  it  also  admitted  pieces  of  poetry  and 
criticism  ;  observations  on  the  character,  manners,  education  and  public 
amusements  of  the  people  of  Lima  ;  and  dissertations  on  natural  history, 
mineralogy,  chemistry,  and  medicine.  Tlie  Present  State  of  Peru  is  taken 
from  this  work,  but  the  compiler  was  so  little  acquainted  with  the  Spanish 
language,  that  the  most  egregious  mistakes  were  committed  in  the  trans- 
lation.    See  Ed.  Rev,  ix.  p.  433. 

31  CoLECCiON  de  los  mercurios  referentes  a  las  Misiones  de  Caxa- 

niarquilla:  peregrinacion  de  los  padres  Sobr^viela  y  Girbal 
para  restaurar  las  de  Manoa  :  la  historia  de  los  trages,  super- 
sticiones,  y  exercicios  de  sus  moradores :  escritos  por  el  Dr. 
D.  Jose  Hipolito  Unanue,  &c.  .  .  Lima. 

Quarto,  pp.  100,  and  map. 

From  the  foregoing  work. 

32  Papfl  TERioDico  de  la  ciudad  de  Santa  Fe  de  Bogota,  capital 

del  Nuevo  Reyno  de  Granada:  obra  miscelanea  instruct iva, 
establecida  por  el  superior  gobierno  para  utilidad  publica. 
Coleccion  integra  de  todos  los  numeros:  dedicada  a  la  Ex. 


374  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1791.  Sa.  Vireyna  Da.  Manuela  de   Cardenas;   Por  su  autor  D. 

'*«*'  Manuel  del  Socorro  Rodriguez ;  bibliotecario  por  S.  M.  de  la 

misma  Ciudad.  .  .  .  Santa  Ft. 

Quarto.  7  vols. 

The  foregoing  is  the  us.  title  to  this  collection,  of  a  Journal  published 

weekly  at  Santa  Yk,  comprising  the  whole  series  which  was  published. 

33  Descripcion   historial  de  la  provincia  y  Archipielago  de 

Chiloe,  en  el  Reyno  de  Chile,  y  obispado  de  la  Concepcion. 
Por  el  P.  Fr.  Pedro  Gonzalez  de  Agueros.  Madrid. 

Quarto  pp.  318,  map  and  plate. 

34  Carta  pastoral  que  el  Ilust"   S"'  D.  Fray  Joseph  Antonio 

de  San  Alberto,  arzobispo  de  la  Plata,  dirige  k  todos  los  que 
en  el  pasado  concurso  han  sido  nombrados  y  elegidos  para 
euras.  .  .  Buenos  Ayres. 

Quarto. 

35  Recopilacion  de  leyes  de  los  Reynos  de  las  Indias,  man- 

dadas  imprimir  y  publicar  por  la  Magestad  Catolica  del  Rey 
Don  Carlos  II.  N.  S.  Va  dividida  en  tres  tomos,  con  el 
Indice  general,  y  al  principio  de  cada  tomo  el  Indice  especial 
de  los  titulos  que  contiene.  Quarta  impresion.  Hecha  de 
orden  del  Real  y  Supremo  Consejo  de  las  Indias.  Madrid. 
Folio,  3  vols. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1681,  the  second  in ,  and  the  third  in 

1774. 

36  Observationes  botanica  quibus  plantee  Indies  occidentalis 

aliseque  systematis  vegetabilium  ed  xiv.  illustrantur  earumque 
characteres  passim  emeudantur,  cum  tabulis  seneis,  Auctore 
Olavo  Swartz,  M.D.  &c.  .  .  Erlanga. 

8vo.  pp.  424,  1 1  plates. 

37  JoANNis   Aloysu    Maneiri   veracrucensis,   de  viris  aliquot 

Mexicanorum  aliorumque  qui  sive  virtute,  sive  litteris,  Mexici 
imprimis  floruerunt.  .  .  Bononia. 

8vo.  3  vols. 

38  Geschiedenis  der  kolonie  van  Suriname.  Amsterdam. 
8vo.  pp.  360. 

A  history  of  the  colony  of  Surinam,  compiled  by  a  society  of  Portuguese 
Jews  resident  there.     Perhaps  a  translation  of  No.  19,  1788. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  ii?^ 


MDCCXCII. 

Historical  collections  ;  consisting  of  state  papers,  and 
other  authentic  documents,  intended  as  materials  for  a 
History  of  the  United  States  of  America.  By  Ebenezer 
Hazard,  A.M.,  &c.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

4to.  2  vols. 
The  second  volume  was  printed  in  1794.     This  is  a  valuable  collection  of 
documents  relating  to  American  history,  part  of  which  had  already  ap- 
peared in  different  works,  but  several  are  printed  for  the  first  time ;  par- 
ticularly the  records  of  the  United  Colonies  of  New  England,  from  1643 
to  J678,  which  occupy  nearly  the  whole  of  the  second  volume. 
Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.     Boston, 
8vo.  Vol.  1. 
This  valuable  collection  of  reprints  of  scarce  tracts  and  important  documents 
relating  to  the  history  of  America  consists  of  series  often  volumes,  of  which 
two  series  have  been  completed,  and  the  third  volume  of  the  third  series 
was  printed  in  1833. 
A  REVIEW  of  the  constitutions  of  the  principal  states  of  Europe, 
and  of  the  United  States  of  America.     Given  originally  as 
lectures,  by  M.  de  la  Croix,  professor  of  law  at  the  Lyceum, 
and  author  of  Le  Repertoire  de  Jurisprudence,  &c.      Now 
first  translated  from  the  French,  with  notes,  by  the  translator 
of  the  Abbe  Raynal's  letter  to  the  National  Assembly,  &c. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Robinsons, . 

The  original  work  was  published  at  Paris  in  1791.  (No.  23.) 
Commentaries  on  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  with  that  constitution  prefixed,  in  which  are  un- 
folded the  principles  of  free  government,  and  the  superior 
advantages  of  republicanism  demonstrated.  By  James 
Wilson.  LL.D.,  professor  of  laws  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  &c.  &c.  &c.,  and  by  Thomas  M'Kean,  LL.D., 
chief  justice  of  the  con)monwealth  of  Pennsylvania.  The 
whole  extracted  from  debutes  published  in  Philadelphia  by 

T.Lloyd.  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  147. 

<<  The  contents  of  this  pamphlet  are  fully  expressed  in  the  title ;   but  the 

publication  must  be  perused  throughout,  in  order  to  form  an  idea  of  the 

good  sense  and  manly  eloi]uonci'  of  the  s|teeches  bore  made  public."  M.R. 

This  appears  to  bu  thu  origiiiiil  uditiun,  priuteil  in  Philadelphia,  of  the 


376  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1792.  Debates  of  the  Pennsylvania  Convention  on  the  Constitution,  with  the  title 

and  pages  20  to  23  reprinted  in  London. 

5  An  enquiry  into  the  constitutional  authority  of  the  Supreme 
Federal  Court  over  the  several  States,  in  their  political 
capacity.  Being  an  answer  to  Observations  upon  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  of  America,  by  James  Sullivan,  Esq. 
Attorney-general  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  By  a  Citizen 
of  South  Carolina.  .  .  Charleston,  S.  C. 

8vo. 

6  A  BRIEF  EXAMINATION  of  Loid  Sheffield's  Observations  on  the 
commerce  of  the  United  States.  In  seven  numbers.  With 
two  supplemental  notes  on  American  manufactures. 

8vo.  pp.  135.  Phillips, . 

Written  bj  Tench  Coxe.  First  printed  at  Philadelphia,  in  the  American 
Museum.    The  English  edition  was  edited  by  Capel  LoflFt,  Esq. 

7  An  account  of  the  sugar  maple  tree  of  the  United  States,  and 
of  the  methods  of  obtaining  sugar  from  it;  together  with 
observations  upon  the  advantages,  both  public  and  private, 
of  this  sugar.  In  a  letter  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  Esq.  Secretary 
of  State,  &c.  Read  in  the  American  Philosophical  Society, 
on  the  19th  of  August,  1791,  and  extracted  from  the  3d  Vol, 
of  their  Transactions,  now  in  the  press.  By  Benjamin 
Rush,  M.D.,  &c.  .  .  Phillips,  . 

8vo.  pp.  24. 

8  Some  transactions  between  the  Indians  and  Friends  in 
Pennsylvania,  in  1791  and  1792.  Phillips, . 

8vo. 
A  chief  of  the  Seneca  Indians  resorted  to  Philadelphia,  to  desire  that  some 
children  of  their  tribe  might  receive  the  benefits  of  civilized  education 
among  the  Quakers,  which  furnished  matter  for  this  pamphlet. 

9  Letters  from  America,  historical  and  descriptive  ;  comprising 
occurrences  from  1769  to  1777  inclusive.  By  William  Eddis, 
late  surveyor  of  the  customs,  &c.  at  Annapolis,  in  Maryland. 

8vo.  pp.  455.  Dilly, • 

"  These  letters  include  an  interesting  period,  and  relate  to  events,  which, 
however  painful  in  their  detail,  and  dishonourable  to  the  British  name, 
have,  in  their  consequences,  been  not  altogether  unpropitious  to  Great 
Britain  ;  and  are  deemed,  by  some  prophetic  minds,  to  contain,  in  their 
womb,  the  germs  of  universal  freedom.     The  bloody  contest  with  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  377 

Americans,  though  it  increased  our  public  debt  and  diminished  the  volume  1 792. 
of  the  empire,  has  not  destroyed  our  resources,  nor  injured  our  com- 
merce ;  and  it  is  contemplated  by  the  world  as  a  proof  of  our  energy, 
strength,  and  riches.  Yet  the  object  was  unjust  and  impolitic,  and  our 
recollection  loots  back,  with  extreme  concern,  on  the  scenes  of  carnage 
and  horror  which  it  exhibited.  Mr.  Eddis's  letters  are  forty  in  number; 
the  first  of  them  contains  an  account  uf  the  country,  the  government, 
trade,  manners  and  customs  of  the  inhabitants,  followed  by  others,  giving 
an  account  of  the  progress  of  the  war,  till  his  departure  from  New  York. 
The  concluding  letters  narrate  the  difficulties  and  dangers  which  the 
author  experienced,  in  consequence  of  his  refusing  to  take  the  oath  ten- 
dered him  by  the  Americans."  M.  R. 

10  A  TOPOGRAPHICAL  DESCRIPTION   of  the  westcm   territory  of 

North  America  ;  containing  a  succinct  account  of  the  climate, 
natural  history,  population,  agriculture,  manners  and  customs; 
with  an  ample  description  of  the  several  divisions  into  which 
that  country  is  partitioned,  and  an  accurate  statement  of  the 
various  tribes  of  Indians  that  inhabit  the  frontier  country. 
To  which  is  annexed,  a  delineation  of  the  laws  and  govern- 
ment of  the  state  of  Kentucky,  tending  to  shew  the  probable 
rise  and  grandeur  of  the  American  empire.  In  a  series  of 
letters  to  a  friend  in  England.  By  G.  Imlay,  captain  in  the 
American  army,  and  a  commissioner  for  laying  out  land  in 

the  back  settlements.  .  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  247. 

Reprinted  in  1796  and  1797. 

11  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  KENTUCKY,  in  North  America;   to  which 

are  prefixed,  miscellaneous  observations  respecting  the  United 
States.  ....  Noplace. 

8vo.  pp.  124,  map. 

The  title  says,  "  printed  in  November,  1792  ;''  but  there  is  a  letter  at 
the  end,  from  Mr.  Imlay,  dated  Feb.  2,  1793.  Said  to  be  written  by  Mr. 
Toulmin. 

12  A  JOURNAL  of  transactions  and  events,  during  a  residence  of 

nearly  sixteen  years  on  the  coast  of  Labrador  ;  containing 
many  interesting  particulars,  both  of  the  country  and  its 
inhabitants,  not  hitherto  known.  Illustrated  with  proper 
charts.     By  George  Cartwright,  Esq.  Nexuark  {Eur/.) 

Quarto,  3  vols. 

This  journal  is  written  with  care  and  fidelity  ;  the  style  of  the  author  is 
l)lain  and  manly  ;   he  delivers  his  sentiments  with  freedom,  nud  with 


«^78  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 792.  confidence  asserts  onlj  those  circumstances  which,  from  bis  own  observa- 

tion, he  knew  to  be  facts.  The  author  commenced  bis  voyage  from  England 
in  1770.    He  was  brother  of  the  celebrated  Major  Cartwright. 

13  New  travels  in  the  United  States  of  America.  Performed 
in  1788,  by  J.  P.  Brissot  de  Warville.  Translated  from  the 
French.  .  .  .  Jordan, . 

Bvo.  pp.  483. 
This  translation  comprises  the  two  first  volumes  of  No.   21  of  1791.     To 
complete  the  work,  the  (^mderationt  on  the  relative  ntuation  of  France  and 
the  United  States,  printed  in  17^8,  should  be  added  to  it. 

14  A  DISCOURSE,  intended  to  commemorate  the  discovery  of 
America  by  Christopher  Columbus.  To  which  are  added, 
Four  Dissertations:  1.  On  the  circumnavigation  of  Africa 
by  the  ancients.  2.  An  examination  of  the  pretensions  of 
Martin  Behaim,  &c.  3.  On  the  question  whether  the  honey 
bee  is  a  native  of  America.  4.  On  the  colour  of  the  native 
Americans,  and  the  recent  population  of  this  continent.  By 
Jeremy  Belknap,  D.D.  Belknap  and  Hall,  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  132. 

15  An  oration  on  the  discovery  of  America.  Delivered  in 
London,  October  the  12th,  1792,  being  three  hundred  years 
from  the  day  on  which  Columbus  landed  in  the  New  World  : 
with  an  appendix,  containing  a  description  of  the  city  of 
Washington,  in  the  district  of  Columbia  ;  illustrated  with  an 
engraving.     By  Elhanan  Winchester.  Parsons, . 

8vo.  pp.  77. 

This  author  was  an  itinerant  preacher  of  the  doctrine  of  Restoration,  from 
America.     He  died  at  Hartford,  Con.  in  1797. 

16  Farther  observations  on  the  discovery  of  America,  by 
Prince  Madog  ab  Owen  Gwynedd,  about  the  year  1170. 
Containing  the  account  given  by  General  Bowles,  the  Creek 
Indian,  lately  in  London,  and  by  several  others,  of  a  Welsh 
tribe  of  Indians,  now  living  in  the  western  parts  of  North 
America.     By  John  Williams,  LL.D.  White,  . 

8vo.  pp.  51. 

Dr.  Williams,  in  this  second  part  of  bis  Enquiry,  (see  No.  7,  1791,)  brings 
forward  additional  evidence  of  the  existence  of  a  tribe  of  Indians  in  the 
western  part  of  North  America,  wbo  speak  Wolsh. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  379 

17  An   account  of  the   ten  tribes  of  Israel  being  in  America;    1792. 

originally  published  by  Manasseh  Ben  Israel.  With  some 
observations  thereon,  and  extracts  from  sacred  and  prophane, 
ancient  and  modern  history,  confirming  the  same  ;  and  their 
return  from  thence  about  the  time  of  the  return  of  the  Jews. 
By  Robert  Ingram,  A.M.,  Vicar  of  Wormingford  and  Boxted, 
Essex.  .  .  .  Robinsons,  — — — . 

8vo.  pp.  56. 
Mr.  Ingram  believes  that  great  numbers  of  the  Israelites,  after  their  disper- 
sion, retired  into  a  remote  and  uninhabited  country,  which  he  su{)poses 
to  have  been  to  the  south  of  Hudson's  Bay,  and  near  California,  between 
63°  and  60°  N.  lat.  where  their  descendants,  a  numerous  and  distinct 
race,  remain  to  this  day,  unconnected  with  the  rest  of  mankind.  All  the 
difficulties  in  this  long  journey  by  sea  and  land  are  removed  by  the  aid  of 
miracles,  of  which  the  rev.  author  is  not  sparing.  He  has  however 
used  great  diligence  in  examining  and  applying  the  Jewish  prophecies, 
and  other  authorities,  in  support  of  his  opinion,  and  of  the  evidence  of 
Rabbi  Manasseh.  M.  R. 

18  A  COMPLETE  TREATISE  OH  thc  mineral  waters  of  Virginia; 

containing  a  description  of  their  situation,  their  natural  his- 
tory, their  analysis,  contents,  and  their  use  in  medicine.  By 
John  Rouelle,  M.D.  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

19  An  HISTORICAL  ACCOUNT  of  the  climates  and  diseases  of  the 

United  States  of  America,  and  of  the  remedies  and  methods 
of  treatment  which  have  been  found  most  useful  and  effica- 
cious, particularly  in  those  diseases  which  depend  upon  cli- 
mate and  situation.  Collected  principally  from  personal 
observation,  and  the  communications  of  physicians  of  talent 
and  experience,  residing  in  the  several  states.  By  William 
Currie,  fellow  of  the  college  of  physicians  of  Philadelphia. 
8vo.  Philadelphia. 

20  EuLOGiUM    on    Benjamin    Franklin,    LL.D.  &c.       Delivered 

March  1,1791,  before  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and 

agreeably  to  their  appointment.  By  William  Smith,  D.D.  &c. 

8vo.  Philadelphia. 

Reprinted  in  London,  and  stated  in  the  title  as  having  been  "  delivered 

before  both  houses  of  Congress." 

21  Colon  V  COMMERCE  ;  or  reflections  on  the  commercial  system, 

as  it  respects  the  West  India  islands,  our  continental  colonies, 


380  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1792.  and  the  United  States  of  America.     With  some  remarks  on 

'■^'^  the  present  high  price  of  sugar,  and  the  means  of  reducing  it. 

By  A.  C.  Brown.  .  .  Faulder, . 

8vo. 

22  Voyages  to  the  Madeira  and  Leeward  Caribbee  Islands  ;  and 

sketches  of  the  natural  history  of  those  islands.  By  Maria 
R***»**.  .  .  Edinburgh. 

12mo.  pp.  105. 

23  A  VOYAGE  TO  THE  SouTH  Sea,  undertaken  by  command  of 

H.  M.  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  the  bread-fruit  tree  to 
the  West  Indies,  in  H.  M's.  ship  the  Bounty,  commanded  by 
Lieut.  Wm.  Bligh.  Including  an  account  of  the  mutiny  on 
board  said  ship,  and  the  subsequent  voyage  of  part  of  the 
crew,  in  the  ship's  boat,  from  Tofoa,  one  of  the  Friendly 
Islands,  to  Timor,  in  the  East  Indies.  With  charts,  &c. 
Quarto.  Nicol,  . 

24  A  LETTER  from  Percival  Stockdale  to  Granville  Sharpe,  Escj. 

Suggested  to  the  author  by  the  present  insurrection  of  the 

negroes  in  the  island  of  St.  Domingo.  Clarke, . 

8vo.  pp.  28. 

In  defence  of  the  negroes. 

25  A   PARTICULAR  ACCOUNT  of  the  commencement  and  progress 

of  the  insurrection  of  the  negroes  in  St.  Domingo,  which 
began  in  August  1791  :  being  a  translation  of  the  speech 
made  to  the  National  Assembly  the  3d  of  November,  1791, 
by  the  deputies  from  the  General  Assembly  of  the  French 

part  of  St.  Domingo.  .  .  Sewell, . 

8vo.  pp.  47. 

26  Idees  SoMMAiREs  sur  la  Restauracion    de  Saint-Domingue, 

presentees  a  la  nation,  au  roi,  et  a  la  colonie.        .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  88. 

By  M.  Louis  Marthe  de  Gouy. 

27  Le  Fed£raliste,  ou  collection  de  quelques  ecrits  en  faveur 

de  la  constitution  proposee  aux  Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique, 
par  la  convention  convoquec  en  1787;  publies  dans  les 
Etats  Unis  de  I'Amerique  par  MM.  Hamilton,  Madisson,  et 
Jay,  citoyens  de  I'Etat  de  New  York.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  381 

Translated  by  Trudaine  de  la  Sabliere.     In  1795  this  work  was  issued  as  a    1792. 
second  edition,  with  twenty  pages  of  the  introduction  cancelled.     The 
original  essaj's,  which  first  appeared  in  the  newspapers,  were  first  pub- 
lished in  a  collected  form  in  178S. 

28  Df.scripcion   ihstouica  y  cronoi.ogica  de  las  dos  Piedras, 

que  con  ocasion  del  nuevo  empedrado  que  se  esta  formando 
en  la  plaza  principal  de  Mexico,  se  hallaron  en  ella  el  aiio  de 
1790.  Explicase  el  sistema  de  los  calendarios  de  los  Indios, 
el  metodo  que  tenian  de  dividir  el  tiempo  y  coreccion  que 
hacian  de  el  para  igualar  el  ano  civil,  de  que  usaban  con  el 
aiio  solar  tropico.  Noticia  muy  necesaria  para  la  perfecta 
inteligencia  de  la  segunda  piedra :  a  que  se  anaden  otras 
curiosas  e  instructivas  sobre  la  Mitologia  de  los  Mexicanos, 
sobre  su  astronomia,  y  sobre  los  ritos  y  ceremonias  que 
acostumbraban  en  tiempo  de  su  gentilidad.  Por  Don  Antonio 
de  Leon  y  Gama.  .  .  .  Mexico. 

Quarto. 
Don  Jose  Antonio  Alzate  y  Ramirez,  in  the  "  Gazeta  de  Literatura"  of 
Mexico,  of  the  15th  and  31st  July,  1192,  criticises  this  work  rather 
se  e  "ely,  denying  the  conclusions  drawn  by  Sr.  Gama  from  the  appear- 
ance of  these  curious  Mexican  antiquities.  A  new  edition  was  printed 
in  1832,  with  the  second  part,  never  before  published. 

29  Tratado  del  real  derecho  de  las  Medias-anatas  seculares 

y  del  servicio  de  Lanzas  k  que  estan  obligados  los  titulos  de 
Castilla.  Origen  historico  de  este  Juzgado  en  el  Reyno  del 
Peru,  &c.  Por  Don  Joseph  de  Rezabal  y  Ugarte.  Oidor 
decano  de  la  Nueva  Real  Audiencia  del  Cuzco,  &c.  Madrid. 
Folio  pp.  252. 
An  appendix  contains  an  account  of  the  titles  conferred  on  persons  in  Peru* 

30  QuiNOLOGiA  6  tratado  del  arbol  de  la  Quina  6  Cascarilla,  con 

su  descripcion  y  la  de  otras  especies  de  Quinos  nuevamente 
descubiertas  en  el  Peru.  Por  Don  Hipolito  Ruiz,  Primer 
Botanico  de  la  expedicion  del  Peru.  .  Madrid. 

Quarto,  pp.  103. 

A  supplement  to  this  treatise  was  printed  in  1801. 

31  Della  scoperta  dell'  America  del — J.  Rin.  Conte  Carli  — 

in  resposta  alia  lettera  di  M.  Otto  intorno  a  tale  argumento, 
Stampata  nel  Vol.  ii.  di  Transazioni  di  Societa  di  Filadelfia. 
8vo.  Milano. 

Mcusel  X.  2.  p.  330. 


382  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


MDCCXCIII. 


1  The  discovery,  settlement,  and  present  state  of  Kentucky,  and 
an  introduction  to  the  topography  and  natural  history  of  that 
rich  and  important  country ;  also  Col.  Daniel  Boon's  narra- 
tive of  the  wars  of  Kentucky  ;  with  an  account  of  the  Indian 
nations  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  &c.  By  John 
Filson.    Illustrated  with  a  large  whole  sheet  map  of  Kentucky, 

from  actual  survey.  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo.  pp.  67. 
This  account  of  Kentucky,  which  was  first  published  in  1784,  at  Wilmington, 
bears  every  mark  of  authenticity.  It  was  drawn  up  from  personal  notice, 
or  immediate  information,  and  is  attested  by  the  signatures  of  three  re- 
■pectable  inhabitants  of  the  country.  The  author  is  a  believer  in  the  set- 
tlement of  a  Welsh  colony  in  this  country  by  Madoc,  in  1170, 

2  History  of  the  government  of  the  island  of  Newfoundland. 

With  an  appendix,  containing  the  acts  of  parliament  made 
respecting  the  trade  and   fishery.      By  John  Reeves,  esq. 

chief  justice  of  the  island.  .  Sewell, . 

Svo.  pp.  283. 

3  Report  of  the  secretary  of  the  treasury  of  the  United  States, 

on  the  subject  of  manufactures.     Presented  to  the  House  of 

Representatives,  Dec.  5,  1791.  .  Debrett, . 

Svo.  pp.  129. 
By  Alexander  Hamilton,  esq.      "The  proper  measures  for  fostering  manu- 
factures and  trade  are  considered  in  this  report  with  much  knowledge, 
policy,  and  accurate  discernment."     M.R. 

4  A  CASE  decided  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States,  in 

February,  1793.  In  which  is  discussed  the  question,  **  Whether 
a  state  be  liable  to  be  sued  by  a  private  citizen  of  another 
state."  .  .  .  Dobson,  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  120. 

5  Return  of  the  whole  number  of  persons  within  the  several  dis- 

tricts of  the  United  States,  according  to  an  act  providing  for 
the  enumeration    of  the   inhabitants  of  the   United  States, 

passed  March  1,  1791.  .  Phillips, . 

Svo.  pp.  56. 

Reprinted  from  the  Philadelphia  edition. 

6  The  emigrants,  or  the  history  of  an  expatriated  family,  being 


Bibtiotheca  Americana  Nova.  383 

a  delineation  of  English  manners,  drawn  from  real  characters.    1793. 
Written  in  America,  by  G.  Imlay,  Esq.  author  of  the  Topogra- 
phical  Description  o(  the  Western  territory. 

r2mo.  3  vols.  Hamilton, . 

This  appears  to  be  a  philosophical  novel,  founded,  the  author  says,  princi- 
pally on  facts.     It  is  well  spoken  of  in  the  Monthly  Revieyir. 

7  TfiE  HISTORY  of  the  American  Revolution.     By  David  Ramsay, 

M.D.  of  South  Carolina.    A  new  edition.    Stockdale, . 

8vo.  2  vols. 

First  printed  at  Philadelphia,  in  1189. 

8  A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  of  the  malignant  fever  lately  prevalent  in 

Philadelphia;  with  a  statement  of  the  proceedings  that  took 
place  on  the  subject  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States. 
By  Matthew  Carey.  Third  edition,  improved.     Philadelphia. 
8vo.  pp.  138. 

This  pamphlet  is  rather  a  historical  account  of  the  circumstances  attending 
the  visitation  of  the  yellow  fever,  which  proved  so  fatal  in  Philadelphia, 
in  the  year  1793,  and  in  which  "Mr.  Carey  has  presented  his  fellow 
citizens  with  a  collection  of  facts  and  observations  well  calculated  for  the 
satisfaction  of  their  anxious  curiosity.  The  friends  of  mankind  every- 
where will  be  gratified  by  it.''  M.R. 

9  As  HISTORICAL  INVESTIGATION  iuto  the  first  appearance  of  the 

venereal  disease  in  Europe  ;  with   remarks  on  its  particular 
nature.     To  which  are  added,  observations  on  the  non-ne- 
cessity of  quarantines  being  observed  against  the  plague,  &c. 
By  M.Sanchez,  doctor  of  the  faculty  of  medicine  at  Paris. 
Translated  from  the  French,  by  Joseph  Skinner,  surgeon. 
8vo.  pp.  84. 
The  authorof  this  tract  is  of  opinion  that  the  venereal  disease  was  carried 
to  the  New  World  by  the  Spaniards.     The  evidence  that  it  was  known 
in  Europe  before  the  discovery  of  America  appears  to  be  quite  conclusive. 

10  The  HISTORY,  civil  and  commercial,  of  the  British  colonies  in 

the  West  Indies  ;  in  two  volumes.     By  Bryan  Edwards,  Esq. 

of  the  Island  of  Jamaica.  .  Stockdale, . 

4to.  2  vols. 

First  edition  of  this  valuable  work,  frequently  reprinted.  A  third  volume 
was  published  in  1801.  The  most  complete  edition  appears  to  be  that 
of  1819,  in  5  volumes  8vo. 

11  Observations  on  the  passage  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 

Oceans,  in  two  memoirs,  on  the  straits  of  Aniun,  and  the  dis- 


384  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1 793.  coveries  of  De  Fonte.     Elucidated  by  a  new  and  original  map. 

'^''^  To  which  is  prefixed  an  historical  abridgment  of  discoveries 

in  the  north  of  America.    By  William  Goldson.     Portsmouth. 
Quarto  pp.  158. 

12  A  VOYAGE  round  the  world,  in  H.  M's  frigate  Pandora.     Per- 

formed under  the  direction  of  Capt.  Edwards,  in  the  years 
1790,  1791,    and    1792.      By  Mr.    George    Hamilton,   late 

surgeon  of  the  Pandora.  .  .  Law, . 

8vo.  pp.  164. 
The  Pandora  was  sent   out  to   discover   and  bring  to   England   for  trial. 
Christian,  and  the  other  mutineers  of  the  Bounty. 

13  Voyages  en  Guinee  et  dans  les  lies  Cara'ibes  en  Amerique, 

par  Paul    Erdman    Isert,  ci-devant  m^decin   inspecteur  de 
S.  M.  Danoise,  &c.  traduits  de  I'Alleniand.     Avec  figures. 
8vo.  pp.  342.  Paris. 

14  HiSTORiA  DEL  NuEvo  MuNDO,  cscribiMa  D.  Juan   Bautista 

Munoz.     Tomo  Primero.  .  .         Madrid. 

Quarto,  portrait  and  map. 
The  death  of  the  author  prevented  the  continuation  of  this  important  work. 
He  was  many  years  employed  in  examining  the  archives  of  Spain  and 
Portugal,  and  in  prosuring  copies  of  all  the  documents  to  be  found  re- 
lating to  the  early  history  of  the  New  World.  These  copies  are  now  in 
the  library  of  the  Academy  of  History  at  Madrid.  I  possess  a  copy  of 
all  that  was  written  of  the  second  volume. 

15  GuiA  POLiTiCA   ECCLESiASTiCA  Y  MiLiTAU  del  Virreynato  del 

Peru  para  el  ano  de  1793.     Compuesta  de  orden  del  Superior 
Gobierno  por  el  Dr.  D.  Joseph  Hipolito  Unanue.     Publicada 
por  la  Sociedad  Academica  de  Amantes  del  Pais  de  Lima. 
Small  Svo.  Lima. 

16  Apendice   a   la    relacion  del  viage    al   Magallanes  de  la 

fragata  de  Guerra  Santa  Maria  de  la  Cabeza,  que  contiene 
el  de  los  paquebotes  Santa  Casilda  y  Santa  Eulalia  para  com- 
pletar  el  reconcimiento  del  Estrecho  en  los  aiios  de  1788  y 
1789.  Madrid. 

Quarto,  pp.  128,  map. 

The  Relacion  was  published  in  1788. 

17  PiRATAS  DE  LA  Ameuica  y  luz  a  la  defensa  de  las  costas  de 

Indias  occidentales ;  en  que  se  tratan  las  cosas  notables  de 
los  viages,  descripcion  de  las  islas  Espanola,  Tortuga,  Jamayca, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  385 

de  sus  frutos  y  producciones,  politica  de  sus  habitantes,  guerras  1793. 
y  encuentros  entre  Espaiioles  y  Franceses,  origen  de  los  '^'*' 
Piratas,  y  su  modo  de  vivir,  la  toma  y  incendio  de  la  ciudad 
de  Panama,  invasion  de  varias  plazas  de  la  America  por  los 
robadores  franceses,  Lolonois  y  Morgan.  Traducida  del 
flamenco  en  Espanol  por  el  Doctor  Buena  Maison.  Dala  a  luz 
esta  tercera  edicion  D.M.G.R.  .  Madrid. 

Quarto. 

First  printed  in  1682. 

J  8  Christoph  Daniel    Ebelings,   Erdbeschreibung  und  Ges- 

chichte  von  Amerika.  Die  vereinten  staaten  von  Nordamerika. 

8vo.  7  vols.  Hamburg. 

This  work  forms  a  continuation  to  Buscbing's  Geography.     The  volumes 

were  published  at  considerable  intervals,  the  last  in  1817. 

19  De  Oude  en  Nieuwe  constitutie,  &c.  Amsterdam. 

8vo.  pp.  260. 
This  view  of  the  old  and  new  constitution  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
bj  Gerhard  Dumbar,  IX. D.,  and  member  of  the  Philosophical  Society 
at  Utrecht,  contains  an  impartial  examination  of  what  the  author  culls 
the  old  constitution,  by  which  he  means  the  thirteen  articles  of  confedera- 
tion, settled  in  Congress  on  the  17th  of  November,  1777.  This  survey  is 
introduced  by  a  concise  account  of  the  rise  of  the  war,  and  of  the  events 
preceding  the  formation  of  the  Union.  In  a  second  volume,  the  author 
proposes  .to  offer  some  remarks  on  the  new  constitution  of  1787. 


MDCCXCIV. 

1  The  history  of  the  origin,  progress,  and  termination  of  the 
American  War.  By  C.  Stedman,  who  served  under  Sir  W. 
Howe,  Sir  H.  Clinton,  and  the  Marquis  Cornwallis.     In  two 

volumes.  .  .  Debrett,  &c.  . 

Quarto,  2  vols.  15  maps  and  plans. 
The  situation  of  Mr.  Stedman,  as  an  officer  of  the  British  army  in  America, 
enabled  him  to  collect  the  materials  which  he  has  here  methodized  and 
communicated  to  the  world.  In  the  accomplishment  of  this  work,  Mr. 
Stedman  has  entitled  himself  to  considerable  praise  ;  his  language  is  cor- 
rect and  animated ;  and  he  has  exemplified  much  diligence  in  collecting, 
and  much  judgment  in  arranging,  the  materials  which  compose  this  inter- 
esting portion  of  history.  It  has  evidently  been  his  intention  to  be  can- 
did and  impartial ;  and,  on  the  whole,  much  credit  is  due  to  him  on  this 
head,  considering  his  situation  and  sentiments.    M.  R. 


386  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1794.   2  Observations  on  Mr.  Stedman's  History  of  the  American  war. 
^'*^  By  Lieut. -General  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  K.B. 

Quarto,  pp.  34.  Debrett, . 

3  History  of  the  principal  Republics  of  the  World  :  a  defence  of 

the  constitutions  of  government  of  the  United  States  of  Ame- 
rica against  the  attack  of  M.  Turgot,  in  his  letter  to  Dr.  Price, 
dated  the  22d  day  of  March,  1778.  By  John  Adams,  LL.D. 
&c.     A  new  edition.  .  Stockdale,  . 

Svo,  3  vols. 

See  No.  8  of  1787. 

4  The  natural  and    civil  history  of  Vermont.       By  Samuel 

Williams,  LL^D.,  &c.      Published  according  to   act  of  Con- 
gress. .  .  .  Walpole,  N.  H. 
Svo.  pp.  416,  map. 

A  second  edition  of  this  valuable  work  was  printed  in  1809. 

5  Notes  on  the  state  of  Virginia.       By  Thomas  Jefferson. 

Second  American  edition.  .  Philadelphia' 

Svo   pp.  336,  map. 

See  No.  10  of  1787. 

6  A  message  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  Congress, 

relative  to  France  and  Great  Britain,  delivered  December  5, 
1793.  With  the  papers  therein  referred  to.  To  which  are 
added,  the  French  originals.  Published  by  order  of  the  House 
of  Representatives.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  103. 
"This  collection  of  state  papers  reflects  very  great  honor  on  the  ministers 
of  the  United  States  of  North  America.  Placed  by  the  war  in  a  situation 
the  most  embarrassing,  pressed  on  different  sides  by  memorials  and  remon- 
strances, from  the  agents  of  Great  Britain  and  France,  they  appear  to 
have  conducted  themselves  with  consummate  prudence,  and  the  most 
scrupulous  impartiality.  Notwithstanding  the  provoking  menaces  of 
Genet,  the  minister  from  the  French  republic,  which  would  have  war- 
ranted measures  of  resentment,  they  persevered  in  a  line  of  conduct 
marked  with  the  most  dignified  moderation,  and,  at  the  same  time,  with  a 
firm  and  unshaken  adherence  to  what  they  conceived  to  be  their  duty.'' 
M.  R. 

7  American  budget,  1794.      The  income  and  expenditure  of  the 

United  States  of  America,  as  presented  to  the  House  of 
Representatives,  in  sundry  estimates  and  statements  relative 
to  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  year  1794,  by  Alex- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  387 

ander  Hamilton,  Esq.  Secretary  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  1794. 
States  of  America.  To  which  is  added,  the  Report  of  the 
Congress,  on  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  privileges  and 
restrictions  of  the  commercial  intercourse  of  the  United  States 
with  foreign  nations,  &c.  By  Thomas  Jefferson,  Esq.  Secre- 
tary of  State.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  42, 

8  Speeches  of  Mr.  Smith,  of  South  Carolina,  delivered  in  the 

House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States,  in  January, 

1794,  on  the  subject  of  certain  commercial  regulations,  &c. 

8vo.  Stockdale, . 

9  An  address  from  William  Smith,  of  South  Carolina,  to  his  con- 

stituents. .  .  Debrett,  . 

8vo. 
Mr.  Smith  was  a  strenuous  advocate,  in  his  speeches,  for  a  good  understand- 
ing with  England;  and  in  his  address  defends  himself  from  some  animad- 
versions they  had  drawn  upon  him. 

10  Authentic  copies  of  the  correspondence  of  Thomas  Jefferson, 

Esq.  Secretary  of  State  to  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
George  Hammond,  Esq.  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  Great 
Britain,  on  the  non-execution  of  existing  treaties,  the  deliver- 
ing the  frontier  posts,  and  on  the  propriety  of  a  commercial 
intercourse  between   Great  Britain  and  the  United  States. 

In  two  parts.  .  .  Debrett, , 

8vo. 
These  papers  comprehend    everything  necessary  to  afford  complete  infor- 
mation  with  respect  to  the  grounds  of  the  disputes  which  have  arisen 
between  Great  Britain  and  America. 

11  The  American  calendar,  or  United  States*  register,  for  the 

year  1794.     To  be  continued  annually.         Debrett, . 

12mo.  pp.  287. 
Published  originally  in   Philadelphia.      It  is  highly  commended  in  the 
Monthly  Review. 

12  History  of  the  mission  of  the  United  Brethren   among  the 

Indians  in  North  America.  In  three  parts.  By  George 
Henry  Loskiel.  Translated  from  the  German  by  Christian 
Ignatius  La  Trobe.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  639. 


388  Bibliotheca  Amerionna  Nova. 

1794.    13  Letters  on  the  crimes  of  George  III.,  addressed  to  Citizen 
"^^"^  Denis;  by  an  American  officer  in  the  service  of  France. 

8vo.  Part  I.,  pp.  80.  Part  II.,  pp.  135.  Paris. 

The  author's  name  was  J.  S.  Eustace. 

14  A  TREATISE  on  the  Fevers  of  Jamaica,  with  some  observations 

on  the  intermitting  fever  of  America ;  and  an  appendix,  con- 
taining some  hints  on  the  means  of  preserving  the  health  of 
soldiers  in  hot  climates.     By  Robert  Jackson,  M.D. 
8vo.  pp.  440.  Murray, . 

15  An  essay  on   the  Rhus  toxicodendron,  pubescent  poison  oak 

or  sumach ;  with  cases,  shewing  its  efficacy  in  the  cure  of 
paralysis,  and  other  diseases  of  extreme  debility.     By  John 

Alderson,  M.D.  .  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  34. 

16  An  ABRIDGEMENT  of  Mr.  Edwards's  civil  and  Commercial  history 

of  the  British  West  Indies.  .  .  London. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
In  an  advertisement,  prefixed  to  this  work,  it  is  stated  that  it  was  published 
in  consequence  of  the  avarice  of  the  bookseller  placing  the  original  work 
in  the  reach  only  of  the  opulent.     Avarice  also,  most  probably,  produced 
this  abridgment. 

17  HoRTUs  Americanus  :    containing  an  account  of  the  trees, 

shrubs,  and  other  vegetable  productions  of  South  America 
and  the  West  India  islands,  particularly  of  the  island  of 
Jamaica.     By  Dr.  Henry  Barham.  Kingston  (Jam.) 

8vo.  pp.  212. 

18  The  case  of  the  agent  to  the  settlers  on  the  coast  of  Yucatan, 

and  the  late  settlers  on  the  Mosquito  Shore,  stating  the 
whole  of  his  conduct  in  soliciting  compensation  for  the  losses 
sustained  by  each  of  those  classes  of  H.  M.'s  injured  and  dis- 
tressed subjects,  1 8th  November,  1793.  Cadell, . 

Quarto,  pp.  320. 

The  agent's  name  was  White. 

19  A  VIEW  of    the  relative  Situation  of  Great  Britain  and  the 

United  States  of  America.     By  a  Merchant. 
8vo.  Debrett, . 

20  Some  information  respecting  America,  collected  by  Thomas 

Cooper,  late  of  Manchester.  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  240. 
By  the  (now)  venerable  President  of  the  College  of  South  Carolina. 


Bibliotheca  Americaiia  Nova.  389 

21  Letters  on   Emigration.      By  a  gentleman  lately  returned    1794, 

from  America.  .  .  Kearsley, . 

8vo.  pp.  76. 

This  gentleman  is  no  friend  to  emigration.  He  states  that,  in  migrating 
to  America,  the  artizan  may  want  for  employment,  and  the  husbandman 
may  pay  too  dear  for  his  land  ;  the  gentleman  cannot  live  in  the  cities, 
on  account  of  the  expense,  nor  in  the  back  settlements,  for  want  of  society  • 
and  that  there  is  great  hazard  and  expense  in  crossing  the  ocean  to  get 
there. 

22  Result  of  astronomical  observations  made  in  the   inte- 

rior parts  of  North  America.  Arrowsmith, . 

Quarto,  pp.  16. 

23  Memoires  historiques,  et  pieces  authentiques,  sur  M.  de  la 

Fayette,  pour  servir  k  I'histoire  des  revolutions.  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  303. 

A  collection  of  papers  and  extracts  relating  to  La  Fayette. 

24  NoTiciAs  de  la  provincia  de  Californias,  en  tres  cartas  de  un 

sacerdote  religioso  hijo  del  real  convento  de  predicadores  de 

Valencia  un  amigo  suyo.     (Por  F.  L.  S.)  Valencia. 

Small  Svo. 

These  letters  were  written  a  few  years  before  the  date  of  the  work  ;  the 

author  corrects  many  errors  into  which  Venegas  has  fallen,  and  gives  an 

interesting  account  of  the  state  of  California,  both  natural  and  political,  at 

the  period  in  which  he  was  engaged  as  a  missionary. 

25  NoTiciA  INDIVIDUAL  dc  las  poblaciones  nuevamente  fundadas 

en  la  provincia  de  Cartagena,  la  mas  principal  del  nuevo 
reyno  de  Granada,  de  las  montanas  que  se  dcscubrieron, 
caminos  que  se  han  abierto,  de  los  canales,  cienagas  y  rios 
que  se  han  hecho  navegables,  con  expresion  de  las  ventajas 
que  han  resultado  k  la  propagacion  del  Evangelio  al  Comercio 
y  al  Estado.  Por  el  Teniente  Coronel  de  Infanteria  agregado 
al  estado  mayor  del  Puerto  de  Santa  Maria,  Don  Antonio  de 
la  Torre  Miranda.  Puerto  de  Santa  Maria. 

Small  4to.  pp.  88. 

26  Investigaciones  historicas  sobre  los  principales  descubri- 

mientos  de  los  Espanoles  en  el  mar  oceano,  en  el  siglo  XV  y 
principios  del  XVI.  En  respuesta  a  la  memoria  de  M.  Otto 
sobre  el  verdadero  descubridor  de  America.    Por  D.  Christobal 


^^^  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1794.  Cladera  dignidad  de  Tesorero  de  la  Santa  Iglesia  de  Mallorca. 

Small  4to.    Portraits.  Madrid. 

27  DiSERTACiON  sobre  el  aspecto,  cultivo,  comercio  y  virtudes 
de  la  famosa  planta  del  Peru  nombrada  Coca,  &c.  Por  el 
Dr.  D.  Joseph  Hipolito  Unan^e.  .  Lima. 

Small  4to.  pp.  45,  and  plate. 
The  coca  is  a  species  of  Erythroxylon,  highly  esteemed  by  the  Peruvians, 
and  used  by  them  in  the  manner  the  betel  is  used  in  the  East.  Before 
the  conquest  by  the  Spaniards  the  trees  were  looked  upon  as  something 
holy,  the  leaves  being  collected  with  religious  ceremonies :  these  leaves 
were  also  used  as  a  substitute  for  money. 

28  Calendario  manual  y  guia  de  forasteros  de  la  isla  de  Cuba. 
Para  el  ano  de  1794.  .  .  Havana. 

Small  12mo.    With  a  map  of  the  island. 

29  pLOUiE  Peruvians  et  Chilensis  prodromus,  sive  novorum 
generum  plantarum  Peruvianarum  et  Chilensium  descriptiones 
et  icones. — Descripciones  y  Laminas  de  los  nuevos  generos 
de  plantas  de  la  flora  del  Peru  y  Chile  por  Don  Hipolito 
Ruiz  y  Don  Joseph  Pavon,  botanicos  de  la  expedicion  del 
Peru,  &c.  .  .  .  Madrid. 

Folio,  pp.  154,  plates  37. 
This  work  was  reprinted  at  Rome  in  1797,  with  remarks,  by  Gaspar  Xuarez. 
The  first  volume  of  the  Flora  Peruviana,  &c.  of  the  same  authors  was 
published  in  1798;  the  second  in  1799;  the  third  in  iHO'2.  These 
three  volumes  contain  325  plates,  'ihe  plates  for  the  fourth  volume 
(No.  326  to  425)  were  engraved,  but  the  text  has  not  been  printed.  If 
the  work  were  completed,  it  would  form  eight  or  ten  volumes  in  folio. 


MDCCXCV. 

A  JOURNEY  from  Prince  of  Wales's  Fort,  in  Hudson's  Bay,  to 
the  Northern  Ocean.  Undertaken  by  order  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  for  the  discovery  of  copper-mines,  a  North- 
West  Passage,  &c.    in  the   year  1769-1772.       By  Samuel 

Hearne.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

Quarto,  pp.  458,  plates. 

Mr.  Hearne's  interesting  journey  was  performed,  after  repeated  trials,  in 

the  course  of  four  years,  and  extended  to  the  Copper-mine  River.     This 

river  empties  itself  beyond  the  Arctic  Circle  into  an  extensive  bay,  which 

ihe  author  considers   as  an    inland   sea,  about  hit.  72  N.  120  \V.  long. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  391 

This  publication  has  not  entirely  the  merit  of  originality,  several  extracts  ]  795. 
from  the  papers  transmitted  by  him  to  his  employers  having  been  already  .^/^ 
printed  ;  but  it  contains,  in  a  plain  unadorned  style,  such  a  striking  pic- 
ture of  the  miseries  of  savage  life,  accompanied  with  so  many  minute  in- 
cidents, copied  faithfully  from  nature,  that  it  is  impossible  to  read  it  with- 
out feeling  a  deep  interest,  and  without  reflecting  on,  and  cherishing 
the  inestimable  blessings  of  civilized  society.  M.  R. 

2  An  historical,  geographical,  commercial,  and    philosophical 

View  of  the  American  United  States,  and  of  the  European 
settlements    in    America   and    the  West    Indies.       By  VV. 

Winterbotham.  .  .  Ridgway, . 

8vo.  4  vols. 
Written  while  the  author  was  a  prisoner  in  Newgate.     Meusel   calls  it  a 
very  impudent  compilation  of    extracts,  made  without  any  judgment, 
from  various  authors. 

3  A  VIEW  of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  a  series  of  papers, 

written  at  various  times  between  the  years  1787  and  1794. 
By  Tench  Coxe,  of  Philadelphia,  Commissioner  of  the  Reve- 
nue. Interspersed  with  authentic  documents.  The  whole 
tending  to  exhibit  the  progress  and  present  state  of  civil  and 
religious  liberty,  population,  agriculture,  exports,  imports, 
fisheries,  navigation,  ship-building,  rqcanufactures,  and  general 
improvement.  .  .  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  512. 

First  printed  in  Philadelphia,  in  1794. 

4  The  political  register;   or  pro(.eodings  in    the    session    of 

Congress,  commencing  November  3,  1794,  and  ending  March 
3,  1795.  With  an  appendix,  containing  a  selection  of  papers 
laid  before  Congress  during  that  period.  By  James  Thomson 
Callender.     Vol.  I.     In  two  parts.  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  548. 

5  The  American  remembrancer;    or   an  impartial  collection 

of  essays,  resolves,  speeches,  &c.  relative  to,  or  having  affinity 
to  the  treaty  with  Great  Britain.  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  3  vols. 

6  Reports  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  Esq.  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  ; 

read  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States, 
Jan.  19,  1795;  containing,  1.  A  plan  for  the  further  support 
of  public  credit.  2.  For  the  improvement  and  better  manage- 
ment of  the  revenues  of  the  United  Stales.     To  which  is  an- 


392  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1795.  nexed,  an  act  for  making  provisions  for  the  support  of  public 

credit,  and  the  redemption  of  the  debt.     Printed  by  order  of 

the  House  of  Representatives.  .  Debrett, . 

Quarto. 
"  These  authentic  state  papers  of  a  rising  Western  empire  will,  we  suppose, 
be  considered  by  political  readers  as  documents  of  no  inconsiderable  value; 
and  an  attentive  perusal  of  them  may  possibly  furnish  useful  hints  of 
sound  policy  and  national  economy,  to  which  European  governments  may 
attend  with  advantage.'*     M.  R. 

7  Official  letters  to  the  Honourable  American  Congress,  writ- 
ten during  the  war  between  the  United  Colonies  and  Great 
Britain ;  by  H.  E.  George  Washington,  commander-in-chief 
of  the  Continental  Forces,  now  President  of  the  United  States. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Cadell,  &c.  • . 

"  Great  men  are  commonly  distinguished  by  a  peculiar  simplicity  of  style, 
and  this  is  eminently  the  character  of  these  letters  of  Washington,  which 
afford  an  excellent  specimen  of  the  proper  style  for  letters  or  papers  on 
public  transactions.  They  are  chiefly  valuable  on  account  of  the  impor- 
tance of  the  affairs  on  which  they  were  written,  and  for  the  abundance  of 
information  which  they  afford  respecting  their  progress  and  termination  ; 
aud  in  this  view  their  value  is  inestimable.  They  cast  light  on  the  his- 
tory of  the  American  war,  which  could  not  be  derived  from  any  other 
source ;  they  exhibit  a  most  interesting  and  wonderful  example  of  the 
firm  intrepidity  with  which  a  great  and  honest  mind,  engaged  in  a  noble 
cause,  can  struggle  with  difficulties,  and  at  last  overcome  them;  and  at 
the  same  time  they  furnish  an  instructive  lesson  to  the  world,  on  the  folly 
of  attempting  to  crush  the  rising  spirit  of  freedom.''  M.  R. — The  New 
York  edition,  from  which  this  appears  to  have  been  taken,  has  the  date  of 
1796.  The  London  edition  has  an  additional  title-page,  as  follows  : 
"American  state  papers,  being  a  collection  of  original  and  authentic  docu- 
ments relative  to  the  war  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain. 
Published  by  special  permission. 

8  Treaty  of  amity,  commerce  and  navigation,  between  H.B.M. 
and  the  United  States  of  America ;  by  their  President,  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  November  19,  1794. 

Svo.  Debrett, . 

Mr.  Jay's  celebrated  treaty. 

9  A  letter  from  Pennsylvania  to  a  friend  in  England  :  contain- 
ing valuable  information  with  respect  to  America.  By  L.  J. 
Jardine,  M.D.  .  DiUv, . 

Svo.  pp.  31. 
This  pamphlet  consists  of  compuiative  views  of  the  several  plans  which 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  393 

offer  themselves  to  a  uew  settler  in  America  for  the  choice  of  a  situation,    1795. 
and  an  account  of  the  expenses  of  living  in  some  parts  of  Pennsylvania* 
which  state  Dr.  Jardine  recommends  above  all  the  others,  and  Northum- 
berland county  as  the  most  preferable  county  in  Pennsylvania. 

10  A  LETTER  descriptive  of  the  different  Settlements  in  the  province 

of  Upper  Canada. 

12mo.  Egerton, . 

This  pamphlet  gives  a  very  advantageous  account  of  the  country  of  Upper 
Canada,  and  of  the  settlers  there,  subjects  to  the  British  government ; 
it  also  contains  some  particulars  relative  to  the  American  native  Indians. 

11  An  account  of  the  Black  Charaibs,  in  the  island  of  St.  Vincent's; 

with  the  Charaib  treaty  of  1773,  and  other  original  documents. 
Compiled  from  the  papers  of  the  late  Sir  William  Young, 

Bart.  .  .  .  Sewell, . 

8vo. 
This  pamphlet  is  valuable  for  its  almost  official  authenticity,  and  curious  on 
account  of  the  people  to  whom  it  relates. 

12  A  NARRATIVE  of  the  Revolt  and  Insurrection  of  the  French 

inhabitants  in  the  island  of  Grenada.      By  an  eye-witness. 
8vo.  pp.  166.  Edinburgh. 

13  An  essay  on  the  malignant  pestilential  Fever  introduced  into 

the  West  India  islands  from  Boullam,  on  the  coast  of  Guinea, 
as  it  appeared  in  1793  and  1794.  By  C.  Chisholm,  M.D. 
surgeon  to  H.  M's.  Ordnance  in  Grenada. 

8vo.  pp.  279.  Dilly, . 

The  introduction  contains  a  description  of  Grenada,  with  meteorological, 
mineralogical,  and  botanical  observations.  Dr.  Chisholm  found  large 
doses  of  calomel  a  specific  in  the  pestilential  fever  here  described.  His 
practice  was  to  give  ten  grains  every  three  hours,  until  the  salivary  glands 
became  affected. 

14  A  LETTER  to  Bryan  Edwards,  Esq.  ;  containing  observations 

on  some  passages  of  his  history  of  the  West  Indies. 

Quarto.  Johnson,  . 

The  author  of  this  letter,  William  Preston,  Esq.  of  Dublin,  attacks  Mr. 
Edwards  for  being  an  apologist  for  slavery. 

15  A  CONCISE  AND  IMPARTIAL  HISTORY  of  the  American  revo- 

lution; by  John  Lendrum.  Boston  {Mass.) 

12mo.  2  vols. 

16  The  hisiory  of  the  district  of  Maine;  by  James  Sullivan. 
8 vo.  Boston  ( Mass . ) 


394  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1795.    17  An  enquiry  how  far  the  punishment  of  Death  is  necessary  in 
'^'■^             Pennsylvania,  &c.      By  William  Bradford,   Esq.    Attorney- 
general  of  the  United  States.  Johnson, . 

8vo.  pp.  114. 
This  work  appears  to  have  been  printed  in  Philadelphia  in  1793.  "  It  de- 
serves to  be  remarked,  though  it  be  a  praise  of  a  very  inferior  nature 
compared  with  the  other  merits  of  this  tract,  that  it  is  written  with  a 
purity  and  elegance  in  English  style,  not  very  often  observed  in  Ameri- 
can productions  :  we  find  in  it  scarcely  any  of  those  licentious  innovati- 
ons, and  unidiomatical  combinations  of  words,  by  which  the  Anglo-Ame- 
rican stj'le  has  of  late  been  too  often  disfigured  ;  and  which  threaten,  if 
they  be  not  checked,  to  convert  the  English  which  is  written  and  spo- 
ken on  the  different  sides  of  the  Atlantic  into  two  different  languages." 
M.R. 

18  Plan  of  association  of  the  North  American  Land  Company, 

established  February  1795.  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo.  pp.  25. 

19  RipoNSE  aux  principales  questions  qui  peuvent  6tre  faites  sur 

les  Etats-Unis  de  I'Amerique,  par  un  habitant  de   la  Penn- 

sylvanie.  .  .  .  Lausanne. 

Svo.  2  vols. 

An  answer  to  the  leading  questions  which  apply  to  the   United  States  of 

America  ;    by  an  adopted  citizen  of  Pennsylvania.     "  These  two  volumes 

undertake  to  answer  137  questions,  for  the  information  of  those  who  think 

of  migrating  to  North  America."  M.  R.     The  author  was  the  Abbe  J.  E. 

Bonnet,  author  of  Etats  L'nis  d'Amtrique  a  la  fin  du  Xf^IIJ'  Steele,  IBOi;. 

20  Renseignemens  sur  I'Amerique.      Rassembles   par    Thomas 

Cooper,   ci-devant   de    Manchester.      Traduits  de  I'Anglois ; 
avec  une  carte.  .  .  •  Paris. 

8vo. 

A  translation  of  No.  20  of  1794. 

21  Descripcion   de  plantas.       Discurso  que  en  la  abertura  del 

estudio  de  botanica  de  1  de  Junio  de  95,  pronuncio  en  el  Real 
Jardin  de  Mexico  el  Dr.  D.  Joseph  Dionysio  Larreategui. 
4to.  pp.  48.  {Mexico.) 

With  a  description  and  coloured  plate  of  the  Chiranthodendron. 

22  Memoria  en  que  setrata  del  insecto  Grana  6  Cochinilla,  de  su 

naturaleza  y  serie  de  su  vida,  escrita  on  Mexico  en  1777,  por 
D.  Josef  Antonio  de  Alzate.         .  .  Madrid. 

iJvo.  pp.  226.  3  plates. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  «395 

•23  Frankreich  und  die  Freystaaten   von  Nordamerika;    verg-    1795. 
lichen  in  hinsicht  ihrer  lander,  ihrer  natur-produkte,  ihrer 
bewhoner  und  der  bildung  ihrer  Staaten.       Von  E.  A.  W. 
Zimmermann,  &c.         .  .  .  Berlin. 

8vo.     Vol.  I. 
A  French  translation  of  this  volume,  which  appears  to  be  the  only  one  pub- 
lished, was  printed  in  1797. 

24  Amerikanischks  magazin,  oder  authentische   beytrage    zur 

erdbeschreibung,  staatskunde  und  geschichte  von  Amerika, 
besonders  aber  der  vereinten  staaten;  herausgegeben  von 
Professor  Hegewisch  in  Kiel  und  Professor  Ebeling  in  Ham- 
burg. ....  Hamburg. 
8vo. 

25  Ueber  J.  Ri hero's  alteste  Weltcharte  von  M.  C.  Sprengel. 
8vo.  pp.  77,  map.  Weimar. 

A  copy  of  Diego  Ribeiro's  map  of  America,  made  in  1529,  with  remarks  by 
Sprengel. 

MDCCXCVI. 

1  History  of  the  insurrection  in  the  four  Western  counties 

of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  year  m.dcc.  xciv.  ;  with  a  recital  of 
the  circumstances  specially  connected  therewith  ;  and  an  his- 
torical review  of  the  previous  situation  of  the  country.  By 
William  Findley,  Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  United  States.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  328. 

2  JouRNALof  an  excursion  to  the  United  States  of  North  America 

in  the  summer  of  1794.     Embellished  with  a  profile  of  General 
Washington,  and  a  view  of  the  State  House  at  Philadelphia. 
By  Henry  Wansey,  F.A.S.,  a  Wiltshire  clothier. 
8vo.  pp.  290.  Wilkie, . 

3  A    TOPOGRAPHICAL   DESCRIPTION    of  the  Western  territory   of 

North  America,  &c.     By  George  Imlay.     The  second  edition, 

with  considerable  additions.  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  433,  and  maps. 

See  1795}  and  1797. 

4  Look  before  you  leap  ;  or,  a  few  hints  to  such  artizans,  me- 

chanics, labourers,  farmers,  and  husbandmen,  as  arc  desirous 
of  emigrating  to  America,  being  a  genuine  collection  of  letters 


396  Bihliotheea  Americana  Nova. 

1796.  from  persons  who  have  emigrated  ;  containing  remarks,  notes, 
'•^'^  and  anecdotes,  political,  philosophical,  and  literary,  of  the 
present  state,  situation,  population,  prospects,  and  advantages 
of  America  ;  together  with  the  reception,  success,  mode  of  life, 
opinions,  and  situation  of  many  characters  who  have  emi- 
grated, &c.  .  .  .  Walker, . 

8vo.  pp.  143. 
These  letters  appear  to  have  been  forgeries,  made  up  to  cure  what  was 
called  the  American  or  emigration  mania.  They  are  represented  to  be 
from  a  carpenter,  a  stonemason,  aplaisterer,  and  a  painter  and  glazier;  but 
they  have  too  much  literary  style  and  arrangement,  to  proceed  from  com- 
mon mechanics. 

5  Observations  on  the  North  American  Land  Company  lately 

instituted  in  Philadelphia ;  containing  an  illustration  of  the 
object  of  the  Company's  plan,  the  articles  of  association,  with 
a  succinct  account  of  the  States  wherein  the  lands  lie ;  to 
which  are  added,  remarks  on  the  American  lands  in  general, 
more  particularly  the  pine-lands  of  the  Southern  and  Western 
States;  in  two  letters  from  Robert  G.  Harper,  Esq.  Member 
of  Congress  for  South  Carolina,  to  a  gentleman  in  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  149.  Debrett, . 

Mr.  Harper's  letters  are  sensibly  written,  and  his  remarks  on  i\ie pine-barrens 
are  very  satisfactory,  and  prove  that  these  lands,  when  brought  into  cul- 
tivation, will  be  very  valuable. 

6  A  MEMOIR  concerning  the  fascinating  faculty  which   has  been 

ascribed  to  the  Rattlesnake,  and  other  American  serpents. 
By   Benjamin    Smith   Barton,    M.D.    Professor  of  Natural 
History  and  Botany  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  &c. 
8vo.  pp.  70.  ....  Philadelphia. 

Printed  only  for  private  distribution. 

7  A  DESCRIPTION  of  the  river  Susquehanna;  with  observations  on 

its  trade,  &c.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

Svo. 

Harvard  Coll.  Cat. 

8  A  SKETCH  of  the  soil,  climate,  &c.  of  South  Carolina.     By 

David  Ramsay.  .  .  Charleston,  S.C. 

Svo. 

Harvard  College  Cat. 

9  Interesting  state  papers,  from  President  Washington,  M. 

Fauchet,  and  M.  Adet,  the  late  and  present  ambassadors  from 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  397 

the  French  Convention  to  the   United   States  of  America.    1796. 
Likewise  conferences  with  George  Hammond,  Esq.  Minister    '*^*' 
Plenipotentiary  from  H.  B,  M.,  as  laid  by  the  President  before 
the  Legislature  of  the  United  States,  in  their  present  session  ; 
quoted  by  Edmund  Randolph,  late  Secretary  of  State,  and 
included  in  a  defence  of  his  resignation  of  that  office. 

8vo.  pp.  136.  Owen,  «fec. ■. 

First  published  in  Philadelphia. 

10  Epistles,  domestic,  confidential,   and  official,  from  General 

Washington,  written  about  the  commencement  of  the  American 
contest,  when  he  entered  on  the  command  of  the  army  of  the 
United  States ;  with  an  interesting  series  of  his  letters,  parti- 
cularly to  the  British  admirals  Arbuthnot  and  Digby,  to 
generals  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  Lord  Cornwallis,  Sir  Guy  Carleton, 
Marquis  de  la  Fayette,  &c. ;  to  Benjamin  Harrison,  Esq. 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Delegates  in  Virginia;  to  admiral  the 
Count  de  Grasse  ;  General  Sullivan,  respecting  an  attack  on 
New  York  ;  including  many  applications  and  addresses  pre- 
sented to  him,  with  his  answers,  orders,  and  instructions  on 
important  occasions  to  his  aides-de-camp,  &c. ;  none  of 
which  have  been  printed  in  the  two  volumes  published  a  few 

months  ago.  .  .  Rivingtons, . 

8vo.  pp.  303. 
Some  of  these  letters  were  first  printed  about  the  year  1777,  and  the  fol- 
lowing were  declared  by  Washington  to  be  forgeries  :  Letters  to  Lund 
Washington,  June  12,  July  8,  15,  16,  and  22d ;  to  John  Parke  Custis, 
June  18,  1776  ;  and  to  Mrs.  Washington,  June  24,  1776.     They  were 

forged,  according  to  the  Monthly  Review,  by  a  Mr.  V ,  at  the  time 

a  young  episcopal  clergyman,  who  came  from  New  York,  in  order  to  make 
his  fortune  in  England,  in  the  character  of  a  loyalist.  They  were  re- 
printed in  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 

1 1  OrFiciAL   LETTERS   to   the   Honourable  American  Congress, 

written  during  the  war  between  the  United  Colonies  and  Great 
Britain,  by  his  Excellency  George  Washington,  Commander-in- 
chief  of  the  Continental  Forces,  now  President  of  the  United 
States.  Copied,  by  special  permission,  from  the  original 
papers  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  Phi- 
ladelphia. ....  New  York. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

The  same  as  No.  7  of  179"). 


398  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1796.    12  CoMPiLATiONsof  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  relative 
to  the  poor,  from  the  year  1700  to  1795  inclusive.      Pub- 
lished for  the  guardians  of  the  poor.  Philadelphia. 
8vo.  pp.  112. 

13  The  history  of  America.  Books  IX  and  X.  Containing 
the  history  of  Virginia  to  the  year  1688,  and  the  history  of  New 
England  to  the  year  1652.     By  William  Robertson,  D.D.  &c. 

Quarto  and  8vo.  Strahan, . 

Published  by  his  son. 

14  A  TOPOGRAPHICAL  and  political  description  of  the  Spanish  part 
of  Saint-Domingo ;  containing  general  observations  on  the 
climate,  population,  and  productions ;  on  the  character  and 
manners  of  the  inhabitants ;  with  an  account  of  the  several 
branches  of  the  government :  to  which  is  prefixed,  a  new, 
correct,  and  elegant  map  of  the  whole  island.  By  M.  L.  E. 
Moreau  de  Saint-Mery.  Translated  from  the  French  by 
William  Cobbett.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

15  Narrative  of  a  five  years'  Expedition  against  the  revolted 
Negroes  of  Surrinam,  in  Guiana,  on  the  wild  coast  of  South 
America,  from  the  year  1772  to  1777  ;  elucidating  the  his- 
tory of  that  country,  and  describing  its  productions,  viz. 
quadrupeds,  birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  trees,  shrubs,  fruits,  and 
roots  ;  with  an  account  of  the  Indians  of  Guiana  and  Negroes 
of  Guinea.  By  Captain  J.  G.  Stedman,  illustrated  with  80 
elegant  engravings,  from  drawings  made  by  the  author. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  Johnson, . 

Capt.  Stedman  died  at  Tiverton,  in  Devonshire,  in  March  1796,  just  about 
the  time  that  his  book  was  published. 

16  An  account  of  the  campaign  in  the  West  Indies,  in  1794, 
under  the  command  of  Lieutenant-General  Sir  Charles  Grey, 
K.B.,  and  Vice-Admiral  Sir  John  Jervis,  K.B.,  commanders- 
in-chief  in  the  West  Indies  ;  with  the  reduction  of  the  islands 
of  Martinique,  St.  Lucia,  Guadaloupe,  Marigalante,  Desiada, 
&c.,  and  the  events  that  followed  those  unparalleled  successes, 
and  caused  the  loss  of  Guadaloupe.  By  the  Rev.  Cooper 
Willyams,  A.M.,  late  chaplain  of  H.  M.'s  ship  Boyne. 

Large  folio,  pp.  220.  plates.  Nicol, . 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  399 

17  The  proceedings  of  the  Governor  and  Assembly  of  Jamaica   1796. 

in  regard  to  the  Maroon  negroes ;  published  by  order  of  the     '■•"''*' 
Assembly.     To  which  is  prefixed,  an  introductory  account, 
containing  observations  on  the  disposition,  character,  manners, 
and  habits  of  life  of  the  Maroons,  and  a  detail  of  the  origin, 
progress,  and  termination  of  the  late  war  between  those  people 

and  the  white  inhabitants.  Stockdale,  . 

8vo.  pp.  200. 

By  Brjan  Edwards. 

18  A  BRIEF  ENQUIRY  into  the  causes  of,  and  conduct  pursued  by 

the  colonial  government,  for  quelling  the  Insurrection  in 
Grenada,  from  its  commencement,  on  the  night  of  the  2d 
of  March,  to  the  arrival  of  General  Nichols,  on  the  14th  of 
April,  1795.  In  a  letter  from  a  Grenada  planter  to  a  mer- 
chant in  London.  .  .  Faulder, . 

8vo.  pp.  204.    map. 

19  Reflexions  sur  la  colon ie  de  Saint-Domingue,  ou  examen 

approfondi  des  causes  de  sa  mine,  et  des  mesures  adoptes 
pour  la  retablir;  terminees  par  I'expose  rapide  d'un  plan 
d 'organisation  propre  k  lui  rendre  son  ancienne  splendeur; 
adressees  au  commerce  et  aux  amis  de  la  prosperite  nationale. 
8vo.  2  vols.  Paris. 

By  M.  Barb^-Marbois.  On  the  fly  leaf  of  this  work  is  found  the  following 
notice  nf  a  book,  which  is  not  mentioned  in  any  list  of  the  author's  works. 
"  On  trouve  chez  le  meme  libraire,  I'ouvrage  suivant  du  meme  auteur, 
HisToiRE  DES  DESASTKFS  de  Saint  Domingue,  precedee  d'un  tableau  du 
regime  et  des  progresde  cette,  colonie  depuia  sa  fondation  jusqu'u  I'^poque 
de  la  revolution  Fran9ai8e.     1  vol.  8vo.  avec  carte." 

20  Memoire  ANALYTiQUE  :  OU  I'on  deduit  par  une  grande  reunion 

de  faits  les  principes  h.  I'aide  desquels  ou  pourra  faire  pros- 
perer  de  Nouvellcs  Colonies,  plus  rapidement  que  n'ont  ete 
elevees  les  etablissemens  aujourd'hui  anciens,  et  dans  lesquels 
le  temps  seul  pouvoit  fixer  les  methodes.  Suivi  de  Texamen 
de  questions  relatives  aux  effets  que  les  progres  de  la  popula- 
tion et  des  cultures  du  Nouveau  Monde  produiront  sur  I'Europe, 
avec  un  tableau  de  la  population,  ctdcs  produitsde  I'Archipel 
de  TAraerique.     Par  M.  de  la  Roccjue,  ci-devant  valet-de- 


400  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1796.  chambre  de  la  Reine,  &c.  .  .  Londres. 

8vo. 
•^*  Cesmemoiresont  ^t^  imprimis  au  nombre  seulement  de  200  exemplaires, 
parceque,  les  ayant  dedi^a  au  Roi  d'Espagne,  I'autear  n'a  pas  du  en 
permettre  la  publicite,  avant  I'agrement  de  S.  M. 

21  NoRDAMERiKANiscHER  Staats  kalcudar,  oder  statisches, 
hand  und  addressbuch  der  vereinigten  staaten  von  Nord- 
Amerika;  von  J.  C.  Timseus.  Hamburgh. 

8vo. 

This  work  appears  to  be  a  translation  of  No.  11  of  1794,  with  large  additions 
from  COD  temporary  works  on  America. 

22  EcLOGiE  American*  seu  descriptiones  plantarum  prsesertim 
Americse  Meridionalis  nondura  cognitarum.  Auctore  Martino 
Vahl.  ....  Hannice. 

Folio. 
Threeya^ctcM^t  of  this  work  were  published,  each  containing  ten  plates. 


MDCCXCVII. 

1  The  history  of  the  New  World,  by  Don  Juan  Baptista  Munoz. 

Translated  from  the  Spanish,  with  notes,  by  the  translator, 
an  engraved  portrait  of  Columbus,  and  a  map  of  Espanola. 

8vo.  Vol.  I.  pp.  .'>52.  Robinson, . 

See  No.  14  of  1793. 

2  The  history  of  Pennsylvania,  in  North  America,  from  the 

original  institution  and  settlement  of  that  province,  under  the 
first  governor  and  proprietor,  William  Penn,  in  1681,  till 
after  the  year  1742.  With  an  introduction  respecting  the 
life  of  William  Penn  prior  to  the  grant  of  the  province,  and 
the  religious  society  of  the  people  called  Quakers,  with  the 
first  rise  of  the  neighbouring  colonies,  more  particularly  of 
West  New-Jersey,  and  the  settlement  of  the  Dutch  and  Swedes 
on  Delaware.  To  which  is  added,  a  brief  description  of  the 
said  province  ;  and  of  the  general  state  in  which  it  flourished, 
principally  between  the  years  1760  and  1770;  with  an  appendix. 
Written  principally  between  the  years  1776  and  1780,  by 
Robert  Proud.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
A  valuable  collection  of  materials  for  t^  future  history  of  Pennsylvania. 


Bibliotheca  Americaria  Nova.  401 

3  A  DESCRIPTIVE  SKETCH  of  the  present  state  of  Vermont,  one  of  1797. 

the  United  States  of  America.  By  J.  A.  Graham,  LL.D.  late 
Oeutenant-colonel  in  the  service  of  the  above  state. 

8vo.  pp.  186.  Fry, . 

This  work  is  beautifully  printed,  and  embellished  with  a  fine  portrait  of  the 
author,  who,  at  the  time  it  was  published,  was  in  England,  as  agent  from 
the  episcopal  church  of  Vermont,  to  the  Society  for  propagating  the 
'  gospel  in  foreign  parts. 

4  Observations  on  certain  documents  contained  in  Nos.  V.  and 

VI.  of  The  History  of  the  United  States  for  the  year  1796  ; 

in  which  the  charge  of  speculation  against  Alexander  Hamilton, 

late  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  is  fully  refuted.     Written  by 

Himself.  .  ...  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  37  and  Iviii. 

In  this  pamphlet  General  Hamilton  defends  himself  from  a  charge  made 

against  him  of  improper  pecuniary  speculations,  at  the  expense  of  his 

private  character.     It  contains  an  account  of  his  "amorous  connection" 

with  a  Mrs.  Reynolds.    Tlie  History  of  the  United  States,  referred  to,  was 

published  in  numbers  by  J.  T.  Callender- 

5  A   ToroGRAPHiCAL   DESCRIPTION    of  the  wcstem  territory  of 

North  America ;  containing  a  succinct  account  of  its  soil, 
climate,  natural  history,  population,  agriculture,  manners  and 
customs.  With  an  ample  description  of  the  several  divisions 
into  which  that  country  is  portioned.  To  which  are  added,  &c. 
By  Gilbert  Imlay,  a  captain  in  the  American  army  during  the 
war,  and  commissioner  for  laying  out  lands  in  the  back  set- 
tlements, &c.    Third  edition.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo.  pp.  598,  and  index.     4  maps. 
The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1792,  and  the  second  in  1793:  the  author 
is  there  called  George  Imlay.     Besides  the  work  of  Filson  (No,  9  of  1 784) 
this  volume  comprises  those  of  Hutchins,  (No.  12  of  1778,  and  8  of  1784,) 
and  other  tracts,  relating  principally  to  the  Western  territory. 

6  Travels  in  North  America.     By  M.  Crespel.     With  a  nar- 

rative of  his  shipwreck  and  extraordinary  hardships  and  suf- 
ferings, on  the  Island  of  Anticosti,  &c.  Law, . 

12mo. 
This  relation  was  first  published  at  Frankfort  on  the  Main  in  1742,  in  French. 

7  New  views  of  the  origin  of  the  tribes  and  nations  of  America. 

By  Benjamin  Smith  Barton,  M.D.,&c.  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  cix.  and  83. 


402  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1797.  8  The  Welch  Indians,  or  a  collection  of  papers,  respecting  a 
people  whose  ancestors  emigrated  from  Wales  to  America  in 
the  year  1170,  with  Prince  Madoc,  (three  hundred  years  be- 
fore the  first  voyage  of  Columbus,)  and  who  are  said  now  to 
inhabit  a  beautiful  country  on  the  west  side  of  the  Mississippi. 
Dedicated  to  the  Missionary  Society  by  George  Burder. 

8vo.  pp.  35.  Chapman, . 

No  date  on  the  title,  but  the  dedication  is  dated  March  10,  17 97. 

9  A  DEFENCE  of  the  Constitution  and  Government  of  the  United 
States  of  America  against  the  attack  of  M.  Turgot,  in  his 
Letter  to  Dr.  Price,  dated  the22d  day  of  March,  1778.  By 
John  Adams  LL.  D.i,  President  of  the  United  States.  The 
third  edition.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  3  vols.    Portrait. 
Printed  for  William  Cobbett.     The  first  edition  was  published  in  1787. 

10  Observations  on  the  debates  of  the  American  Congress  on 
the  addresses  to  General  Washington,  on  his  resignation,  &c. 
By  Peter  Porcupine,  Author  of  the  Bone  to  gnaw  for  Demo- 
crats, &c.  .  .  .  Ogilvy, . 

8vo.  pp.  38. 

11  The  life  and  adventures  of  Peter  Porcupine,  with  a  full 
and  fair  account  of  his  Authoring  transactions,  &c.  By 
Peter  Porcupine  himself.       .  .  Wright, . 

1 2mo. 
"This  writer  here  informs  the  public  that  his  real  name  is  William  Cobbett ; 
that  he  is  the  son  of  poor  but  honest  parents  ;  and  that  he  was  bred  to 
the  plough ;  (which  it  is  a  pity  he  ever  forsook,  as  it  seems  he  was  an 
excellent  hand  ;)  but,  being  of  a  roving  disposition,  he  became  a  soldier  in 
a  marching  regiment,  in  which  he  behaved  so  well  that  he  rose  to  the 
rank  of  sergeant-major.  After  five  years'  service  he  obtained  his  dis- 
charge, with  the  most  reputable  certificates.  By  this  time  our  "  adven- 
turer" had  much  improved  and  informed  his  mind,  by  reading  such  books 
as  he  could  procure  ;  so  that,  having  settled  in  America,  he  set  up  in  the 
trade,  occupation  and  calling  of  an  author.  He  possesses  good  natural 
parts;  and,  had  he  not  aspired  to  the  character  of  a  wit,  a  satirist,  and  a 
politician,  he  probably  would  not  have  had  so  much  reason  to  complain 
of  enemies, — evil-minded  people,  who  have  vilified  his  reputation,  and 
represented  him  as  no  better  than  a  'fugitive felon.'  "  M.  R. 

12  Twenty  thousand  muskets!!!  Particulars  of  the  capture  of 
the  ship  Olive  Branch,  in  November,  1796,  laden  with  cannon, 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  403 

muskets,  &c.  by  H.  M.'s  ship  Audacious,  in  which  the  des-    1797. 
tination  of  the  said  ship,  and  the  use  of  the  said  arms,  &c.  are     '*^*' 
discovered.  .  .  .  London. 

8vo.  pp.  106. 
This  pamphlet  was  written  by  Gen.  Ira  Allen.     It  relates  to  the  capture  of 
the  ship  Olive  Branch  (laden  by  him  in  France  with  arms  for  the  use  of 
the  Vermont  militia,)  by  a  British  ship  of  war,  on  suspicion  of  being  des- 
tined for  Ireland. 

13  The  American  Gazetteer,  exhibiting  in  alphabetical  order 

a  much  more  full  and  accurate  account  than  has  been  given 

of  the  states,  provinces,  counties,  cities,  &c.  on  the  American 

continent;  also  of  the  West  India  Islands,  and  other  islands 

appendant  to  the  continent,  and  those  newly  discovered  in 

the  Pacific  Ocean,  &c.     Collected  and  compiled  from   the 

best  authorities  and  arranged  with  great  care,   by  and  under 

the  direction  of  Jedediah  Morse,  D.D.,  &c.     Boston  (Mass.) 

8vo. 

The  above  is  an  abridgment  of  the  copious  title  to  this  work,  which  was 

reprinted  in  London,  in  179S.     A  new  and  enlarged  edition  was  published 

in  1810,  with  a  second  volume,  comprising  the  Eastern  continent,  or  Old 

World.     Mr.  John  Lendrum  had  a  considerable  share  in  the  compilation 

of  this  work. 

14  A  LETTER  to  the  People  of  the  United  States  of  America,  from 

General  Washington,  on  his  resignation  of  the  office  of  Pre- 
sident of  the  United  States.  .  Debrett, . 

8vo. 

"The  worshippers  of  virtue  will  look  back  with  triumph  on  the  conduct  of 

the  disinterested  statesman  of  America,   "the  God  of  this  new  world," 

who  here  accompanies  with  benevolent  counsel  his  farewell  benediction 

to  the  people  of  an  empire  which  he  has  created  and  illustrated."     M.  R. 

15  Letter  from  Thomas  Paine  to  George  Washington,  President 

of  the  United  States  of  America.  Symonds, . 

Svo. 
Mr.  Paine  complains  of  Washington  for  not  having  interfered  for  his  libe- 
ration, when  a  prisoner  in  France,  in  the  time  of  Robespierre ;  accuses 
him  of  wanting  gratitude  and  humanity,  and  attacks  his  military  skill, 
which  he  pronounces  inferior  to  that  of  Generals  Gates  and  Green. 

16  Anecdotes  of  the  late  Charles  Lee,  Esq.  second  in  command 

in  the  service  of  the  United  States  of  America  during  the 
Revolution.    To  which  are  added,  his  political  and  military 


404  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1797.  essays;    also  letters  to  and  from  many  distinguished  charac- 

*^'*'  ters  in  Europe  and  America.      The  second  edition  ;  with  an 

appendix  of  additional  papers  and  letters.       Jordan, 

8vo. 

1 7  A  VIEW  of  the  causes  and  consequences  of  the  American  Revo- 

lution: in  thirteen  discourses,  preached  in  North  America,  be- 
tween the  years  1763  and  1775:  with  an  historical  preface. 
By  Jonathan  Boucher,  A.M.  and  F.A.S.  Vicar  of  Epsom,  in 

the  county  of  Surrey.  .  Robinsons, . 

8vo.  pp.  700. 
Dedicated  to  Washington.  The  author  was  a  refugee,  who  returned  to 
England,  on  account  of  his  political  principles,  in  1775,  and  died  there,  in 
1804.  In  a  preface  of  near  a  hundred  pages,  he  passes  in  review  the 
different  histories  of  the  American  revolution,  all  of  which  are  censured 
as  partial  and  defective,  not  even  excepting  the  account  in  the  Annual 
Register,  said  to  be  written  by  Burke. 

18  The  case  of  the  manufacturers  of  soap  and  candles,   in  the 

city  of  New  York,  stated  and  examined.  To  which  are  pre- 
fixed, the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  York,  concerning  infecti- 
ous diseases.  With  an  addition,  in  form  of  an  appendix,  con- 
taining several  documents  and  papers  relative  to  these  sub- 
jects. Published  by  the  Association  of  Tallowchandlers  and 
Soapmakers.  .  .  .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  61. 

19  The  present  state  of  medical  learning  in  the  city  of  New 

York.  .  .  .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  16. 

20  A  VISIT  to  the  Philadelphia  Prison;  being  an  accurate  and  par- 

ticular account  of  the  wise  and  humane  administration  adop- 
ted in  every  part  of  that  building ;  containing  also  an  account 
of  the  gradual  reformation  and  present  improved  state  of  the 
penal  laws  of  Pennsylvania :  with  observations  on  the  impo- 
licy and  injustice  of  capital  punishments.  In  a  letter  to  a 
friend.  By  Robert  J.  Turnbull,  of  South  Carolina. 
8vo.  Phillips, . 

21  A  VOYAGE  TO  St.  Domingo,  in   the  years  1788,   1789,  and 

1790.  By  Francis  Alexander  Stanislaus,  Baron  de  Wimpffen. 
Translated  from  the  original  manuscript,  which  has  never  been 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  405 

published.     By  J.  Wright.  .  Cadell, .    1797. 

8vo.  pp.  400.  '^^^ 

Printed  at  Paris  in  the  same  year  in  French,  and  in  German  at  Erfurt,  in 
tlie  following  year.  Some  copies,  apparently  by  an  error  of  the  press,  have 
the  date  of  1817. 

22  An  enquiry  into  the  nature  and  causes  of  the  great  mortality 

among  the  troops  at  St.  Domingo  :  with  practical  remarks  on 
the  fever  of  that  Island  ;  and  directions  for  the  conduct  of 
Europeans,  on  their  first  arrival  in  warm  climates.  By  Hector 
M'Lean,    M.D.,    Assistant   Inspector   of    hospitals   for   St. 

Domingo.  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo.  pp.  358. 

23  An  historical  survey  of  the  French  colony  in  the  island 

of  St.  Domingo ;  comprehending  a  short  account  of  its  an- 
cient government,  political  state,  population,  productions  and 
exports;  a  narrative  of  the  calamities  which  have  desolated 
the  country  ever  since  the  year  1789,  with  some  reflections 
on  their  causes  and  probable  consequences ;  and  a  detail  of 
the  military  transactions  of  the  British  army  in  that  island  to 
the  end  of  1794.    By  Bryan  Edwards,  Esq.  M.P.  F.R.S.,&c. 

Quarto,  pp.  247.  Stockdale, . 

This  work  is  commended  by  the  Monthly  Reviewer  '*for  the  highly  impor- 
tant facts  and  observations  which  it  contains,  for  the  ability  displayed  in 
their  arrangement,  and  for  the  strongly  expressive,  correct,  and  often  beau- 
tiful language,  in  which  they  are  conveyed  to  the  reader's  understanding." 

24  EssAi  de  comparaison  entre  la  France  et  les  Etats-Unis  de 

I'Amerique  Septentrionale,  par  rapport  a  leur  sol,  a  leur  cli- 
mat,  a  leurs  productions,  a  leurs  habitans,  iv  leur  constitution, 
et  a  leur  formation  progressive.  Par  E.  A.  W.  de  Zimmer- 
mann.  Traduit  de  I'Allemand  et  enrichi  de  developpemens  et 
de  notes  par  I'auteur  m^me.  .  .  Leipsig. 

8vo.  Vol.  I.  pp.  494. 
A  comparative  essay  on  France  and  the  United  States  of  North  America, 
with  regard  to  their  soil,  climate,  productions,  inhabitants,  constitution, 
and  progressive  formation.  I3y  E.  A.  W.  Zimmermann.  See  No.  23  of 
1795.  Translated  from  the  German,  under  the  eye,  and  with  the  careful 
revision  of  the  author,  who  has  added  many  valuable  explanations  not  in 
the  original.  "  M.  Zimmermann  has  shewn  industry  in  collecting  mate- 
rials, and  fidelity  in  exliihiting  all  tlie  sources  of  his  iuformation.  His 
enquiries  and  deductions  iire  honourable  to  the  powers  of  his  mind  ;  and 


406  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1797.  li'S  style  is  generally  perspicuous,  but  often  animated,  and  in  a  few  in- 

,<vw  stances  too  nearly  approaching  to  the  poetical."     M.R. 

25  Coup  d'ceil  sur  I'etat  actuel  de  nos  rapports  politiques  avec 

les  Etats-Unis  de  rAmerique  Septentrionale ;    par  Joseph 
Fauchet,  Ex-ministre  de  la  Republique  a  Philadelphie. 
8vo.  pp.  42.  Paris. 

An  answer  to  this  pamphlet,  by  an  American  merchant,  was  pablished  in 
1798.     (No.  19.) 

26  Lettre  du  Secretaire  d'Etat  des  Etats-Unis  de  I'Amerique  au 

General  Charles  C.  Pinckney,  Ministre  Plenipotentiare  des  dits 
Etats-Unis  pres  la  Republique  Fran^aise;  en  reponse  aux 
difFerentes  plaintes  faites  contre  le  gouvernement  des  Etats- 
Unis,  par  le  Ministre  Fran^ais,  dans  ses  notes  ofticielles  de 
27  Octobre  et  15  Novembre  1796,  adressees  au  Secretaire 
d'Etat.  ....  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  62. 
Citizen  Fauchet,  in  the  preceding  pamphlet,  refers  to  this  letter,  which  he 

says  was  translated  and  circulated  with  profusion  by  the  agents  of  Mr. 

Pickering,  in  Paris. 

27  Voyage  dans  I'interieur  des  Etats-Unis,  k  Bath,  Winchester, 

dans  la  Vallee  de  Shenandoha,  etc.  etc.  etc.  Pendant  I'ete 
de  1791.     Par  Ferdinand  M.  Bayard.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  336. 

Reprinted  the  following  year. 

28  Voyage  a  Saint  Domingue,  pendant  les  annees  1788,  1789  et 

1790  ;  par  le  Baron  de  WimpfFen.  .  Paris. 

8vo.  2  vols. 

29  Description   topographique,  physique,  civile,  politique  et 

historiquede  la  partie  Fran^aise  de  I'lsle  Saint  Domingue,  &c. 
Par  M.  L.  E.  Moreau  de  Saint  Mery.  Philadelphie. 

Quarto,  2  vols.  pp.  788  and  756. 

30  ExAMEN  de  cette  question  :    Quel  sera  pour  les  colonies  de 

I'Amerique,  le  resultat  de  la  revolution  Franqaise,  de  la  guerre 
qui  en  est  la  suite,  et  de  la  paix  qui  doit  la  terminer i*     Par  M. 

Pierre- Victor  Malouet.  .  DebofFe, . 

8vo. 

31  Lettre  k  un  Membre  du  Parlement  sur  I'interet  de  I'Europc 

au  salut  des  colonies  de  I'Amerique.     Par  M.  Pierre- Victoi 
Malouet. 
8vo. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  ^07 

32  Voyage  de  la   P^rouse    autoiir    du  monde,  publie   confor-    1797. 

mement  au  deciet  du  22  Avril  1791,  et  redige  par  M.  L.  A.     '^^ 
Milet-Mureau,  General  de  Brigade  dans  le  corps  du  Genie, 
Directeur  des  Fortifications,  Ex-Constituent,  Membre  de  plu- 
sieurs  societes  litteraires  de  Paris.  .  Paris. 

Quarto,  4  vols,  and  atlas. 

Two  or  three  English  translations  of  this  voyage  were  published,  the  best 
of  which  is  in  two  volumes  quarto,  and  an  atlas,  published  in  1799. 

33  Carta  de  un  Havanero  a  D.P.E  P.  autor  6  sea  Recopi- 

lador  de  la  obra  el  Viagero  Universal,  sobre  la  Carta  156 
puesta  en  el  Quaderno  34  con  que  principiael  tomo  12.  Por 
D.B.P.F.  .  .  .  Madrid. 

8vo.  pp.  16. 

34  Memorias    historicas  sobre   la  legislacion   y    gobierno    del 

comercio  de  los  Espanoles  con  sus  colonias  en  las  Indias  Occi- 
dentales.      Recopiladas  por  el  S'  D.  Rafael  Antunez  y  Ace- 
vedo,  Ministro  Togado  del  supremo  consejo  de  Indias. 
Small  4to.  pp.  450.  Madrid. 

35  Memoria  para  a  historia  da  Capitania  de   S.  Vicente  hoje 

chamado  de  S.  Paulo  do  Estado  de  Brasil.  Por  Fr.  Caspar 
da  Madre  de  Deos.         .  .  .  Lisboa 

Small  4to. 

36  Der  Freystaat  von  Nordamerikain  seinemneuestenZustande; 

von  D.  von  Bulow.  .  .  .  Berlin. 

8vo.  2  vols. 
The  free  states  of  North  America,  described  by  Von  Bulow,  who  attacks 
'*  with  a  sort  of  ecclesiastical  hatred  the  praisers  of  America,  treating 
them  as  men  systematically  perverse  and  deceitful,  of  misanthropic  hearts 
or  insane  minds,  and  as  a  designing  sect  of  deluders,  rather  than  as  dupes." 
He  visited  America  twice  between  the  years  1791  and  1796,  and  gives,  on 
the  whole,  the  most  unfavourable  account  that  had  hitherto  been  pub- 
lished by  any  European  traveller. 

37  Florx  PeruviaNjE  et  Ciiilensis  prouuomus  sive  novorum 

generum  plantarum  Peruvianarum  et  Chilensium,  descriptiones 
et  icones  A.  A.  Hyppolyto  Ruiz  et  Josepho  Pavon.  Editio 
secunda  auctior  et  emendatior.  .  Romce. 

Large  4to. 

Publi&hed  by  Don  Caspar  Xuarez. 


408  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


MDCCXCVIII. 


1  The  natural  history  of  the  rarer  Lepidopterous  insects  of 

Georgia.  Including  their  systematic  characters,  the  particu- 
lars of  their  several  metamorphoses,  and  the  plants  on  which 
they  feed.  Collected  from  the  observations  of  Mr.  John 
Abbot,   many  years  resident   in   that  country.      By  James 

Edward  Smith,  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  P.L.S.  White, . 

Folio,  2  vols.  104  coloured  plates. 

Mr.  Abbot,  after  having  studied  the  metamorphoses  of  English  insects,  pro- 
ceeded to  America,  where  he  pursued  his  enquiries  umong  those  of 
Georgia,  and  the  neighbouring  parts.  The  plates  of  tliese  beautiful 
volumes  are  executed  with  admirable  skill  and  elegance ;  on  each  is  repre- 
sented the  caterpillar,  chrysalis,  and  perfect  insect,  and  the  plant  on 
which  it  feeds  ;  so  that  it  is  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the  botanist  as  well 
as  the  entomologist. — The  publication  price  was  twenty  guineas. 

2  Continuation  of  the  history  of  the  province  of  Massachusetts 

Bay,  from  the  year  1748 ;  with  an  introductory  sketch  of  events 

from  its  original  settlement.     By  George  Richards   Minot, 

F.  A.  A.,  &c.  Vol.  I.        .  .  Boston  {Mass.) 

8vo. 

The  second  volume  was  published  in  1803,  after  the  death  of  the  author. 

It  brings  the  history  down  to  the  year  1765,  and  was  apparently  intended 

as  a  continuation  to  Hutchinson's. 

3  The  natural  and  political  history  of  the  State  of  Ver- 

mont, one  of  the  United  States  of  America.  To  which  is 
added,  an  appendix,  containing  answers  to  sundry  queries, 
addressed  to  the  author.      By  Ira  Allen,  Esq.  Major-gen.  of 

the  militia  in  the  state  of  Vermont.  West, . 

8vo.  pp.  300. 

4  Account  of  the  Conewago  canal,  on  the  river  Susquehanna; 

to  which  is  prefixed,  the  act  for  incorporating  the  company. 
8vo.  pp.  18.  Philadelphia. 

5  Travels  through  the  middle  settlements  in  North  America,  in 

the  years  1759  and  1760:  with  observations  upon  the  state  of 
the  colonies.  By  the  Rev,  Andrew  Burnaby,  D.D.,  Arch- 
deacon of  Leicester,  and  Vicar  of  Greenwich.      Edition  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  409 

third,  revised,  corrected,  and  greatly  enlarged,  by  the  author.    1798. 

Quarto.  Payne, .     '^'^ 

First  printed  in  1775.     Tbis  edition  is  very  much  enlarged,  and  has  amap, 
and  two  aquatinta  views  of  the  Passaic  Falls. 

6  Emigration  to  America  candidly  considered,  in  a  series    of 

letters  from  a  gentleman  resident  there,  to  his  friend  in  Eng- 
land. .  .  .  Rickman,  — . 

8vo.  pp.  62. 
This  pamphlet  was  published  for  the  purpose  of  discouraging  emigration. 
The  "  gentleman  resident  there"  not  liking  the  country,  the  climate,  nor 
the  manners  and  morals  of  its  inhabitants,  apparently  emigrated  back 
again . 

7  The  whole  official  correspondence  between  the  Envoys 

of  the  American  States  and  Mons.  Talleyrand,  on  the  subject 
of  the  disputes  between  the  two  countries ;  and  also  the  pur- 
port of  some  private  conversations  between  the  American 
commissioners  and  an  unaccredited  agent  of  the  French 
government,  who  was  employed  to  make  such  propositions, 
all  tending  to  plunder  the  United  States,  as  even  M.  Talley- 
rand did  not  dare  to  avow  in  the  first  instance. 
12mo.  pp.  57.  Stockdale, . 

8  A  SHORT  ACCOUNT  of  the  principal  proceedings  of  Congress  in 

the  late  session,  and  a  sketch  of  the  state  of  affairs  between 

the  United  States  and  France,  in  July  1798.     In  a  letter  from 

Robert  Goodloe  Harper,  Esq.  of  South  Carolina,  to  one  of 

his  constituents.  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

These  proceedings  relate  to  the  affairs  with  France,  involved  in  the  W  X  Y  Z 

question. 

9  Observations  on  the  dispute  between  the  United  States  and 

France,  addressed  by  Robert  Goodloe  Harper,  Esq.  one  of  the 
representatives  in  Congress  for  the  state  of  South  Carolina,  to 
his  constituents,  in  May  1797.     Fourth  edition.  London. 

8vo. 
Apparently  the  same  as  the  foregoing.     This  edition  is  stated  on   the  title 
to  be  had  of  all  the  London  booksellers  except  John  Stockdale. 

10  A  VIEW  OF  THE  CONDUCT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  in  the  Foreign 

affairs  of  the  United  States,  as  connected  with  the  mission  to 
the  French  Republic,  during  the  years  1794,  5  and  6.     By 


410  Bihliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1798.  James  Munroe,   late  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  the  said  re- 

public.    Illustrated  by  the  instructions  and  correspondence, 

and  other  documents.  .  Ridgway, . 

8vo.  pp.  117. 
Reprinted,  with  some  omissions,  from  the  Philadelphia  edition,  probably  of 
the  preceding  year,  and  stated  in  the  preface  to  be  republished  for  the 
purpose  of  counteracting  the  pernicious  representations  of  Mr.  Harper, 
in  the  preceding  article. 

1 1  Strictures  on  the  American  State  Papers  delivered  by  the 
President  of  the  United  States  to  Congress  on  April  5,  1798; 
including  the  official  correspondence  with  the  American  En- 
voys at  Paris,  relative  to  some  charges  against  the  French 
ministry,  &c.  By  M.  Talleyrand,  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs 
in  France.  .  .  Jordan, . 

8vo. 

12  An  explanation  of  the  conduct  of  the  French  Government 
in  their  late  negociations  with  the  American  commissioners. 

8vo.  Ridgway, . 

'i'hese  pamphlets  relate  to  an  affair  which  made  great  noise  in  its  time,  and 
in  which  the  letters  W  X  Y  Z  played  a  very  conspicuous  part.  The 
last  was  written  by  M.  Hauteval,  who  was  represented  bj  the  letter  Z, 
according  to  his  own  acknowledgment ;  and  a  Mr.  Bellamy,  of  Hamburgh, 
claims  all  the  merit  belonging  to  Y.  The  Monthly  Reviewer  savs  that 
the  American  envoj's  conducted  themselves  very  incautiously  and  awk- 
wardly in  the  negociation,  but  that  the  shuffling  of  M.  Talleyrand,  and 
the  contradictory  stories  of  his  agents,  make  it  highly  probable  that  there 
was  foul  play  at  the  bottom. 

13  The  Republican  Judge;  or  the  American  liberty  of  the  press, 
as  exhibited,  explained,  and  exposed,  in  the  base  and  partial 
prosecution  of  William  Cobbett  for  a  pretended  libel  against 
the  King  of  Spain  and  his  Ambassador,  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Pennsylvania ;  with  an  address  to  the  people  of  Eng- 
land.    By  Peter  Porcupine.  .  Wright, . 

8vo.  pp.  96. 
The  republican  Judge  was  Gov.  M'Kean,   the  Spanish   ambassador  the 
Marquis  of  Casa  Irujo,  who  married  Gov.  M'Kean's  daughter. 

14  A  VOYAGE  to  the  South  Atlantic,  and  round  Cape  Horn  into 
the  Pacific  Ocean,  for  the  purpose  of  extending  the  sperma- 
ceti whale  fisheries,  and  other  objects  of  commerce,  by  as- 
certaining the  ports,  bays,  harbours,  and  anchoring  berths,  in 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  411 

certain  islands  and  coasts  in  those  seas,  at  which  the  ships  of  1798. 
the  British  merchants  might  be  refitted.      Undertaken  and 
performed  by  Captain  James  Colnett,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  in 
the  ship  Rattler.  .  .  Egerton. 

Quarto,  pp.  200,  9  charts,  &c. 

This  voyage  was  made  in  the  years  1793  and  1794,  and  extended  northward 
as  far  as  the  coast  of  California. 

15  A  VOYAGE  OF  DISCOVERY  to  the  North    Pacific   Ocean,   and 

round  the  world ;  in  which  the  coast  of  North-west  America 
has  been  carefully  examined,  and  accurately  surveyed.  Un- 
dertaken by  H.  M.'s  command,  principally  with  a  view  to  as- 
certain the  existence  of  any  navigable  communication  between 
the  North  Pacific  and  North  Atlantic  Oceans  ;  and  performed 
in  the  years  1790,  1791,  1792,  1793,  1794,  and  1795,  in  the 
Discovery  sloop  of  war,  and  armed  tender  Chatham,  under 
the  command  of  Captain  George  Vancouver. 
Quarto,  3  vols.  18  plates,  and  atlas  of  1 6  charts.  Robinson, . 

Captain  Vancouver  died  while  this  work  was  preparing  for  the  press ;  it 
was  finished  under  the  editorship  of  his  brother,  Mr.  John  Vancouver. 
The  object  of  the  voyage  was  to  survey  the  N.  W.  coast  of  America, 
from  lat.  30  N.  to  60  N.,  and  to  ascertain  the  probability  of  a  Northern 
passage  into  the  Atlantic,  together  with  the  additional  purpose  of  execu- 
ting the  articles  of  the  Convention  between  England  and  Spain,  respect- 
ing Nootka  Sound. 

16  The  coffee  planter    of   St.  Domingo;  with  an  appendix, 

containing  a  view  of  the  constitution,  government,  laws,  and 
state  of  the  colony,  previous  to  the  year  1789.  To  which  are 
added,  some  hints  on  the  present  state  of  the  island,  under 
the  British  government.  By  P.  J.  Laborie,  LL.D.,  planter  in 
the    north  of   St.  Domingo,    and    member   of  the    Superior 

Council.  .  .  .  Cadell, . 

8vo. 

A  curious,  and  in  some  respects  a  valuable  performance.  The  author's 
knowledge  of  the  French  colonial  system,  under  the  ancient  government, 
is  accurate  and  profound.  In  no  other  book  is  so  clear,  exact,  and  per- 
fect an  account  of  the  laws  and  constitution  of  St.  Domingo,  before  the 
revolution,  to  be  found."  M.R. 

17  Voyage  a  la  Guyane  et  a  Cayenne,   fait  en  1789  et  dans  les 

annees  suivantes,   par  L.  M.  B.  Armateur ;  avec  des  carte*. 


412  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1798.  et  des  figures.  ....  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  400. 
Instead  of  being  an  account  of  an  actual  royage,  this  work  is  merely  a  su- 
perficial and  inaccurate  compilation  from  other  writers.     According  to 
Barbier,  the  author  was  M.  Louis  Prudhomme. 

18  Voyage  dans  I'interieur  des  Etats-Unis,  a  Bath,  Winchester, 
dans  la  Vallee  de  Shenandoah,  &c.  pendant  I'ete  de  1791. 
Seconde  edition,  augmentee  de  descriptions  et  d'anecdotes 
sur  la  vie  militaire  et  politique  de  George  Washington.  Par 
Ferdinand  M.  Bayard.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  349. 

See  No.  27  of  1797. 

19  L'Independance  absolue  des  AiviiRiCAiNs  des  Etats-Unis, 
prouvee  par  I'etat  actuel  de  leur  commerce  avec  les  nations 
Europeennes.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.  149. 

Written  by  an  American  merchant,  in  consequence  of  the  assertion  of 
Fauchet,  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  Coup-d'xil  sur  I'etat  actuel  de  nos  rapports 
politiques  avec  les  Etats-Unis,  (No.  25  of  1797,)  that,  "judging  by  the 
actual  state  of  the  commerce  between  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain,  one  would  think  that  the  former  were  still  a  colony  of  the  latter, 
or  fear  that  they  might  again  become  so.'' 

20  Memoires  de  Paul  Jones,  oii  il  expose  ses  principaux  services, 
et  rappelle  ce  qui  lui  est  arrive  de  plus  remarquable  pendant 
le  cours  de  la  revolution  Americaine,  particulierement  en 
Europe,  ecrits  par  lui-m^me  en  Anglais,  et  traduits  sous  ses 
yeux  par  le  citoyen  Andre.  .  .  Paris. 

16mo. 

21  Exposi  des  moyens  de  mettre  en  valeur  et  d'administrer  la 
Guiane,  orne  d'une  carte,  par  Daniel  Lescallier,  ancien  or- 
donnateur  de  cette  colonic,  et  de  la  Guiane,  Hollandaise. 
Nouvelle  edition.  .  .  .  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  237. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  in  1791. 

22  Notions  sur  la  culture  des  Terres-basses  dans  la  Guiaue,  et  sur 
la  cessation  de  I'esclavage  dans  ces  contrees.  Par  le  citoyeii 
Lescallier.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.   106. 


Bibtiotheca  Americana  Nova.  413 

23  Lima  por  dentro  y  Fuera.     For  Simon  Ayanque.  1798* 

12mo.  Madrid. 

A  description  of  Lima  in  verse. 

24  Carta  critica  sobre  la  historia  de  America  del  Senor  D.  Juan 

Bautista  Munoz,  escrita  de  Roma  por  D.  Francisco  Ituri. 
Small  8vo.  Madrid. 

25  Historia  de  la  conquista  de  Mexico,    poblacion  y  pro- 

gresos  de  la  America  Septentrional  coiiocida  por  el  nombre  de 
Nueva  Espana.  Escribiala  Don  Antonio  de  Solis,  &c.  Madrid. 
16mo.  5  vols. 

A  very  neat  and  correct  edition  of  this  work,  so  highly  esteemed  by  the 
Spaniards. 

26  Utilidades  de  que  todos  los  Indios  y  Ladinos  se  vistan  y  cal- 

cen  a  la  EspaSola  y  medios   de   conseguirlo   sin  violencia 

coaccion  ni  mandato.     Su  autor  Fray  Matias  de  Cordova,  &c. 

4to.  pp.  22.  Nueva  Guatemala. 

27  Disertaciones    sobre  la  navigacion  a  las  Indias  Orientales 

por  el  Norte  de  la  Europa.  Escritas,  la  primera,  por  M. 
Bauche,  de  la  Academia  de  Ciencias  de  Paris ;  y  la  segunda, 
por  el  Capitan  de  Fragata,  de  la  Real  Armada,  D.  Ciriacode 
Zevallos.  .  .  .  Isla  de  Leon  (Cadiz.) 

Small  folio,  pp.  xxii.  and  41. 
These  dissertations  relate  to  the  practicability  of  a  North  West  passage  to 
the  East  Indies,  and  not  to  a  passage  by  the  nortli  of  Europe,  as  the  title 
would  lead  one  to  believe.      The  dissertation  of  M.  Bauche  relates  prin- 
cipally to  the  supposed  discoveries  of  Ferrer  Alaldonado. 

28  Systema  vegetabilium  Florse  Peruvianee  et  Chilensis,  cha- 

racteres  prodromi   genericos  difFerentiales  durationem,  loca 
natalia,  tempus  florendi,  nomina  vernacula,  vires  et  usus  non- 
nullis  illustratiouibus  interspersis  complectens.     Auctoribus 
Hippolyto  Ruiz  et  Josepho  Pavon.     Tomus  primus. 
8vo.  Madrid. 

This  volume  contains  the  new  genera  of  the  prodromus,  and  the  species 
contained  in  the  first  volume  of  the  Flora  Peruvianse,  which  comprises 
the  four  first  classes  of  the  Linnaean  system.  The  work  was  not  con- 
tinued. 

29  IcoNES   illustration  I  plantarum   Americanarum   in   eclogis 

descriptarum  inservientes.     Edidit  Martinus  Vahl.     Hannice. 

Folio. 
Three  decndei  were  published,  containing  each  ten  plates.    See  No.  ■22,  1*96. 


414  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1798.   30  Tagebuch  eiker  reise  durch  Peru,  vom  Buenos-Ayres  an 

'-^^*'  dem  giossen  Plataflusse,  iiber  Potosi  nach  Lima,  der  haupt- 

stadt    des    Kbnigreichs    Peru,    vom    Kbniglich    Spanischen 

Huttendirektor  Anton  Zacharias  Helms.         .  Dresden. 

8vo.  pp.  300. 

Translated  into  English  in  1806. 

31   DispuTATio  HiSTORico-GEOGRAPHiCA,  in  qua  quaerituf ;  utrum 
veteres    Americam    noverint,    nee    ne?       Auctore    Joanne 
Gottlobio  Fritsch. 
8vo. 
In  Kajser's  Bucher  Lexicon  the  date  is  1796  ;  and  the  title  Demonstratio 
instead  of  Disputatio, 


MDCCXCIX. 

1  A  SHORT   Topographical   description   of  H.  M.'s  Province  of 

Upper  Canada,  in  North  America.     To  which  is  annexed,  a 

Provincial  Gazetteer.  .  .  Faden, . 

8vo.  pp.  166. 

2  Description  of  the  Settlement  of  the  Genesee  country,  in  the 

State  of  New  York.  In  a  series  of  letters  from  a  gentleman 
to  his  friend.  .  .  .  New  York 

8vo.  pp.  63. 

3  A  TOUR  through  Upper  and  Lower  Canada.     By  a  Citizen  of 

the  United  States.  Containing  a  view  of  the  present  state 
of  religion,  learning,  commerce,  agriculture,  colonization, 
customs  and  manners,  among  the  English,  French,  and  Indian 
settlements.  Litchfield,  N.A. 

12mo.  pp.  120. 

4  Travels  through  the  States  of  North  America,  and  the  Provinces 

of  Upper  and  Lower  Canada,  during  the  years  1795,  1796, 
and  1797.  By  Isaac  Weld,  junior.  Illustrated  and  em- 
bellished with  sixteen  plates.  Stockdale, . 

Quarto,  pp.  464. 

Reprinted  in  1800.     In  French,  8vo.  3.  vols.  Paris.  1800. 

5  Travels  through  the  United  States  of  North  America,  the  coun- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  415 

try  of  the   Iroquois,  and  Upper  Canada,  in  the  years  1795,    1799. 
1796,  and  1797;  with  an  authentic  account  of  Lower  Canada. 
By  the  Duke  de  la  Rochefoucault  Liancourt. 
Quarto,  2  vols.  Phillips, . 

The  translator  (H.  Neuman,  esq.)  appears  to  have  executed  his  task  faith- 
fully, and  to  be  well  acquainted  with  the  country  described.  His  notes 
frequently  increase  the  information,  and  sometimes  correct  the  errors  of 
the  original.  A  copy  of  this  work  which  formerly  belonged  to  the  late 
Robert  Barclay>  has  the  following  note,  apparently  in  his  own  hand- 
writing :  *•  These  travels  are  to  be  read  throughout  under  the  general 
belief  of  their  being  composed  to  please  the  French  nation,  with  a  view 
to  the  author's  return  from  exile.  Many  of  his  statements,  &c.  are  much 
questioned ;  and,  above  all,  that  degree  of  attachment  he  represents  to 
exist  among  the  Americans  to  France." 

6  A  VOYAGE  ROUND  THE  WORLD,  performed  in  the  years  1785-1788, 

by  the  Boussole  and  Astrolabe,  under  the  command  of 
J.  F.  G.  de  la  Perouse :  published  by  order  of  the  Na- 
tional Assembly,  under  the  superintendence  of  L.  A.  Milet- 
Mureau,  Brigadier-general  in  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  &c. 
Translated  from  the  French.  Robinson,  — — — . 

Quarto,  2  vols,  and  folio  atlas. 

7  A   MISSIONARY  VOYAGE  to  the  Southcm  Pacific  Ocean,  per- 

formed in  the  years  1796,  1797,  1798,  in  the  ship  Duff,  com- 
manded by  Captain  James  Wilson.  Compiled  from  journals 
of  the  officers  and  missionaries,  and  'illustrated  with  maps, 
charts,  and  views,  drawn  by  Mr.  William  Wilson,  and  en- 
graved by  the  most  eminent  artists.  With  a  preliminary  dis- 
course on  the  geography  and  history  of  the  South  Sea  Islands, 
and  an  appendix,  including  details  never  before  published,  of 
the  natural  and  civil  state  of  Otaheite.  By  a  committee  ap- 
pointed for  the  purpose  by  the  directors  of  the  Missionary 
Society.  Published  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society. 
Quarto.  Chapman, . 

8  A  VISIBLE  DISPLAY  of  Divine  Providence;  or,  the  Journal  of  a 

captured  Missionary,  designated  to  the  Southern  Pacific 
Ocean,  in  the  second  voyage  of  the  Duff,  Capt.  Thomas 
Robson,  captured  by  Le  Grand  Bonaparte  off  Cape  Frio  ;  in- 
cluding every  remarkable  occurrence  which  took  place  on 
board  the  Duff,  the  Grand  Bonaparte,  &c.  in  the  province  of 


416  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


v^VV- 


1799.  Paraguay,   Spanish   South  America,  and    Portugal,   on  the 

return  home,  in  1798  and  1799.    By  William  Gregory,  one  of 

the  missionaries,  &c.  .  Symonds, . 

8vo. 

Published  in  uumbers. 

9  Narrative  of  the  deportation  to  Cayenne  of  Barthelemy, 
Pichegru,  Willot,  Marbois,  La  Rue,  Ptamel,  &c.  in  conse- 
quence of  the  revolution  of  the  18th  Fructidor,  (September 
4,  1797,)  containing  a  variety  of  important  facts  relative  to 
the  revolution,  and  to  the  voyage,  residence,  and  escape  of 
Barthelemy,  Pichegru,  &c.  From  the  French  of  General 
Ramel,  formerly  commandant  of  the  Legislative  Guard. 

8vo.  Wright, . 

10  Practical  observations  on  the  diseases  of  the  army  in 
Jamaica,  as  they  occurred  between  the  years  1792  and  1797 ; 
on  the  situation,  climate,  and  diseases  of  that  island;  and  on 
the  most  probable  means  of  lessening  mortality  among  the 
troops,  and  among  Europeans  in  tropical  climates.  By 
William  Lempriere,  Apothecary  to  H.  M.'s  forces. 

8vo.  2  vols.  Longman, . 

1 1  Observations  upon  the  origin  of  the  malignant,  bilious  or 
yellow  fever,  in  Philadelphia,  and  upon  the  means  of  pre- 
venting it ;  addressed  to  the  citizens  of  Philadelphia.  By 
Benjamin  Rush.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

8vo. 

12  Fragments  of  the  Natural  History  of  Pennsylvania.  By 
Benjamin  Smith  Barton,  M.D.  &c.     Part  first. 

Folio,  pp.  30.  Philadelphia. 

13  Facts  and  observations  relative  to  the  nature  and  origin  of 
the  pestilential  fever  which  prevailed  in  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia in  1793,  1797,  and  1798.  By  the  College  of  Physicians 
of  Philadelphia.  Phillips, . 

8vo. 

First  printed  in  PLiladelphiu 

14  A  FEW  FACTS  and  observations  on  the  yellow  fever  of  the  West 
Indies,  by  which  is  shewn,  that  there  have  existed  two  species 
of  fever  in  the  West  India  Islands  for  several  years  past,  in- 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  417 

(iiscriminately  called  yellow  fever,  but  which  have  proceeded    1799, 
from  very  different  causes ;  with  the    success  attending  the 
method  of  cure.     By  James  Anderson,  late  surgeon  of  the 

60th  regiment  of  foot.       .  .  Robinsons, . 

8vo. 

15  Relation  de  la  DipoRTATiON  a  Cayenne  des  Citoyens  Bar- 

thelemy,  Pichegru,  Willot,  La  Rue,  &c.  A  la  suite  de  la 
journee  du  18  Fructidor  5me  Annee.  Contenant  plusieurs 
faits  importans  relatifs  a  cette  journee,  et  au  voyage,  sejour, 
et  evasion  de  quelques-uns  des  deportes.  Par  le  General 
Ramel,  ci-devant  commandant  de  la  garde  du  corps  legisla- 
tifs,  et  Tun  des  deportes.  .  Ha7nbourgh  (London). 

Svo.  pp.  271. 

16  Voyage  dans  les  Etats-Unis  d'Amerique,.  fait  en   1795,  1796, 

et  1797.     Par  La  Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.  Paris. 

8vo.  8  vols. 

See  No.  5  of  this  year. 

1  7  Relation  du  voyage  k  la  recherche  de  la  Perouse,  fait  pur 
ordre  de  I'AssembleeConstituante,  pendant  les  annees  1791  a 
1794,  par  le  Cit.  Labillardiere,  correspondant  de  la  ci-devant 
Academie  des  Sciences  de  Paris,  Membre  de  la  Societe 
d'Histoire  Naturelle,  et  Tun  des  naturalistes  de  I'expedition. 
Quarto,  2  vols,  and  atlas.  Paris. 

Svo.  2  vols,  and  atlas. 

18  Voyage  autour  du  monde,  pendant  les  annees  1790,  91,  et 

92,  par  L.  Marchand,  precede  d'une  introduction  historique, 
auquel  on  a  joint  des  recherches  sur  les  terres  australes  de 
Drake,  et  un  examen  critique  du  voyage  de  Roggeween,  par 
C.  L.  Claret  Fleurieu.  .  .  .  Paris. 

Quarto,  4  vols.     Charts. 

Imprimerie  de  la  Republujue. 

19  DiscuKso  sobre   los  medics  de  connaturalizar  y  propagar  en 

Espana  los  cedros  de  la  Havana  y  oiros  arboles  asi  de  con- 
struccion  como  de  Maderas  curiosas  y  frutales.  Por  Don 
Antonio  Parrn.  Madrid. 

4to.  pp.  36. 


418  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 


MDCCC. 


1  The  History  of  North  America,  and  its  United  States.     In- 

cluding also  a  distinct  history  of  each  individual  state ;  its 
manners,  customs,  trade,  commerce,  religion,  and  govern- 
ment; manufactures  and  agriculture,  climate,  soil,  and  pro- 
duce ;  with  new  tables  of  the  whole  of  their  imports  and 
exports,  revenue,  debt,  expenditure,  currency  of  coins,  &c. 
To  which  is  annexed,  an  account  of  new  discoveries.  By 
Edward  Oiiphant,  Esq,  .  .  Edinburgh. 

8vo.  pp.  408. 

Compiled  principally  from  Morse,  without  any  acknowledgment. 

2  The  History  of  America,  from  its  discovery  by  Columbus,  to 

the  conclusion  of  the  late  war,  &c.    By  William  Russell,  Esq. 
Quarto,  2  vols.  51  plates.  London. 

This  is  the  same  book  as  No.  1  of  1778,  merely  with  new  titles,  and  the 
date  altered. 

3  An   appendix  to  the  Notes  on  Virginia,  relative  to  the  murder 

of  Logan's  family.     By  Thomas  Jefferson.  Philadelphia. 

8vo.  pp.  52. 

lu  this  pamphlet  Mr.  Jefferson  states  (as  was  suggested  under  1782)  that 
his  Notes,  &c.  were  originally  printed  at  Paris  in  1784;  and  that  they 
were  written  in  1781  and  1782,  in  answer  to  certain  queries  proposed  to 
him  by  M.  de  Marbois. 

4  The  true  history  of  the  Conquest  of  Mexico,  by  Captain 

Bernal  Diaz  del  Castillo,  one  of  the  conquerors.  Written  in 

the  year   1568.      Translated  from  the  original  Spanish,  by 

Maurice  Keatinge,  Esq.           .             .             .  London. 
Quarto,  pp.  514,  and  plate. 

The  original  of  this  work  was  first  printed  in  1632.  This  translation  wuij 
reprinted  in  two  volumes  octavo,  at  Salem,  in  1803. 

5  Narrative  of  the  singular   adventures    and   captivity  of  Mr. 

Thomas  Barry  among  the  Monsipi  Indians,  in  the  unexplored 
regions  of  North  America,  during  the  years  1797,  1798,  and 
1799;  including  the  manners,  customs,  iVc.  of  that  tribe; 
also  a  particular  account  of  his?  escape,  accompanied  by  an 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  419 

American  female;   the  extraordinary  hardships  they  encoun-   1800. 
tered,  and  their  safe  arrival  in  London.     Written  by  himself. 

12mo.  Neil, . 

Probably  a  fictitious  narrative. 

6  A  FAITHFUL  NARRATIVE  of  the  surprizing  work  of  God,  in  the 

conversion  of  many  hundred  souls  in  Northampton,  and  in 
the  neighbouring  towns  and  villages  of  New  Hampshire,  in 
New  England.  In  a  letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Colman,  of  Boston. 
Written  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Edwards,  minister  of  Northampton, 
on  Nov.  6,  1737,  and  published,  with  a  large  preface,  by  Dr. 

Watts  and  Dr.  Guyse.  .  Button, . 

8vo. 

7  An  historical  and  practical  essay  on  the  culture  and  commerce 

of  Tobacco.     By  William  Tatham. 
8vo.  pp.  330.  Vernor  and  Hood, . 

An  instructive  publication,  in  which  are  detailed  the  particulars  of  the  his- 
tory of  tobacco,  its  cultivation,  and  the  several  laws  by  which  its  commerce 
has  been  regulated.  The  author  offers  the  fruits  of  observation  and 
experience;  and,  in  addition  to  his  own  remarks,  made  during  a  long  re- 
sidence in  the  interior  parts  of  America,  he  subjoins  a  variety  of  extracts  , 
from  public  documents  existing  on  both  sides  the  Atlantic. 

8  Communications  concerning  the  agriculture  and  commerce  of 

the  United  States  of  America ;  being  an  auxiliary  to  a  report 
made  by  William  Strickland,  Esq.  of  York,  to  the  Board  of 
Agriculture,  on  the  queries  wherewith  he  was  charged  on  his 
tour  to  that  continent.     By  William  Tatham. 
8vo.  pp.  153.  Ridgway, . 

9  The  LiPEof  George  Washington,  late  President  and  Commander- 

in-chief  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States  of  America ;  with 
biographical  anecdotes  of  the  most  eminent  men  who  effected 

the  American  revolution.    By  John  Corry.      Kearsly, . 

8vo. 

10  The  WILL  of  General  George  Washington ;  to  which  is  annexed, 

a  schedule  of  his  property  directed  to  be  sold  ;  also  the  Oration 
delivered  by  Major-general  Lee,  at  the  request  of  Congress, 
at  a  funeral  solemnity,  in  Philadelphia,  in  honour  of  the 
memory  of  General  Washington.  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  42. 


420  Bibliofheca  Americana  Nova. 

1800.  "  i^  tbis  last  will  and  testament  of  the  great  and  good  Washington,  every 

line  discovers  the  heart  which  conceived  it,  and  the  hand  which  drew  it 
up.     It  is,  on  everj  account,  a  curiosity  worthy  of  preservation." 

11  Letters  from  H.  E.  George  Washington,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  to  Sir  John  Sinclair,  Bart.  M.P., 
on  agricultural,  and  other  interesting  topics.  Engraved  from 
the  original  letters,  so  as  to  be  an  exact  fac-simile  of  the 
handwriting  of  that  celebrated  character.  Nicol, . 

Quarto. 

12  Proceedings  of  the  town  of  Charlestown,  in  the  common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  in  respectful  testimony  of  the  dis- 
tinguished talents  and  pre-eminent  virtues  of  the  late  Georgi- 
Washington.  .  .  Stockdale, . 

8vo.  pp.  82.. 
Contains  Dr.  Morse's  funeral  sermon  on  Washington,  and  a  biographical 
sketch  of  the  life  of  this  great  and  good  man. 

13  A.  FUNERAL  ORATION,  delivered  in  the  brick  Presbyterian 
church,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  22d  of  February, 
1800,  being  the  day  recommended  by  Congress  to  the  citizens 
of  the  United  States  publicly  to  testify  their  grief  for  the 
death  of  General  Washington:  by  appointment  of  a  number 
of  the  clergy  of  New  York,  and  published  at  their  request. 
By  John  M.  Mason,  A.M.,  &c.  .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  23. 

14  A  FUNERAL  EULOGY,  occasioued  by  the  death  of  General 
Washington,  delivered  February  22,  1800,  before  the  New 
York  State  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  By  William  Linn, 
D.D.,  &c.  .  .  .  New  York. 

8vo.  pp.  44. 

15  Washington's  monuments  of  patriotism,  being  a  collection 
of  the  most  interesting  documents,  connected  with  the  mili- 
tary command,  and  civil  administration  of  the  American  Hero 
and  Patriot.  To  which  is  annexed,  an  Eulogium  on  the  cha- 
racter of  General  Washington,  by  Major  William  Jackson. 

8vo.  pp.  338  and  44.  Philadelphia. 

16  Selections  from  the  correspondence  of  General  Washington 
and  James  Anderson,   LL.  D.,  F.R.S.,  &c.       In  which  the 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  421 

causes  of  the  present  scarcity  are  fully  investigated.  1800. 

8vo.  pp.  88. 

Contains  only  one  letter  from  Washington. 

17  Sermon  on  the  Death  of  General  Washington,  delivered  Fe- 

bruary 22,  1800,  in  the  church  of  Williamsburgh.  By  James 
Madison,  D.D.  Bishop  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in 
Virginia,  and  President  of  William  and  Mary  College.  Se- 
cond edition,  corrected.  .  New  York. 
8vo. 

Reprinted  in  London  by  Hatchard.     Contains  an  important  biographical 
note,  relative  to  the  birth,  education,  and  life  of  Washington. 

18  The  American  Rush-light;    by  the   help   of  which  v?ay- 

ward  and  disaffected  Britons  may  see  a  complete  specimen 
of  the  baseness,  dishonesty,  ingratitude,  and  perfidy  of  repub- 
licans, and  of  the  profligacy,  injustice,  and  tyranny  of  repub- 
lican governments.     By  Peter  Porcupine.  .         London. 
8vo.  pp.  192. 
Peter  had  burnt  his  fingers  by  writing  against  Dr.  Rush,  (who  recovered 
five  thousand  dollars  damages  in  an  action  against  him  for  slander,)  and 
in  revenge  set  up  his  Rush-light  at  New  York. 

19  An  excursion  into  Bethlehem  and  Nazareth,  in  Pennsylvania, 

in  the  year  1799,  with  a  succinct  history  of  the  society  of 
united  brethren,  commonly  called  Moravians ;  by  J.  C.  Ogden, 
&c.  .  .  .  Philadelphia. 

12mo.  pp.  167. 

20  Narrative  of  the  deportation  to  Cayenne,  and  shipwreck  on 

the  coast  of  Scotland,  of  J.  J.  Job  Aime  ;  written  by  himself. 
With  observations  on  the  present  state  of  that  colony,  and  of 
the  negroes ;  and  an  account  of  the  situation  of  the  deported 

persons  at  the  time  of  his  escape.  Wright, . 

8vo.  pp.  282. 

21  Deportation  et  naufrage  de  J.  J.  Ayme,  ex-legislateur,  suivi 

du  tableau  de  vie  et  de  mort  des  deportes,  a  son  deport  de  la 
Guyane;  avec  quelques  observations  sur  cette  colonic  et  sur 
les  negres.  .  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.  pp.270. 

22  Eloge  oe  Washington  par  J.  F.  Dubroca.  .         Paris. 
12mo. 


422  Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova. 

1800.   23  Relation  d'un  voyage  a  la  Mer  du  Sud  en  1771  et  1772,  com- 

'*'*'  mence  par  le  Capitaine  Marion,  extrait  de  celui  du  Capitaine 

Surville,  dans  les  m^mes  parages  en  1769  et  1770,  augmente 

des  deux  voyages  d'Alvarez  de  Mendana  et  de  Fernand  de 

Quiros,  par  Alexis  Rochon.  .  .  Paris. 

8vo.     Plates. 

First  printed  in  1783. 

24  Voyage  de  Decouverte  k  I'Ocean  Pacifique  du  Nord  et  au- 

tour  du  Monde ;  dans  lequel  la  cote  Nord-ouest  de  I'Amerique 
a  6te  soigneusement  reconnue  et  exactement  relevee  :  ordon- 
nee  par  le  roi  d'Angleterre,  principalement  dans  la  vue  de 
constater  s'il  existe,  a  travers  le  continent  de  TAmerique,  un 
passage  pour  les  vaisseaux,  de  I'Ocean  Pacifique  du  Nord  k 
rOcean  Atlantique  Septentrional;  et  execute  en  1790,  1791, 
1792,  1793,  1794  and  1795.  Par  le  Capitaine  George  Van- 
couver. Traduit  de  I'Anglois.  Ouvrage  enrichi  de  figures, 
avec  un  grand  atlas.  .  .  Paris. 

Quarto,  3  vols,  and  atlas. 
The  Spanish  government  took  a  large  number  of  copies  of  this  work,    the 

greater  part  of  which  are  still  on  band,  in  the  warehouses  of  the  royal 

printing-office. 

25  Le  nouveau  monde,  ou  Christophe  Colomb.     Poeme  par  le 

Citoyen  Le  Suire.  Nouvelle  edition,  entierement  refondue 
et  corrigee.  .  .  .  Paris. 

Svo.  2  vols. 

26  Un  mot  sur  les  colonies  Fran9aises,  et  particuli^rement 

sur  Saint  Domingue,  par  le  Citoyen  Deaubonneau.       Paris. 
Svo.  pp.  44. 

27  APPER9U  DES  CRIMES  commis  par  les  Anglo-Americains  envers 

les  Fran9ais.      Par  Jacques  Mignard,  du  departement  de 

I'Yonne.  ....  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  52. 

A   most  violent  diatribe  against  the  Americans,   called  by  Mr.  Jacques 

Mignard  "  peuple  de  Barrington,  (fameux  voleur  Anglois.^"— Englana 

is  called  a  nation  composed  of  pirates  and  brigands,    and  is  condemned 

to  live  upon  potatoes;  the  Americans  upon   Indian  com;    whilst  the 

luxuries  of  the  world  are  to  be  for  the  exclusive  use  of  France. 

28  Des  prisons  de  Philadelphie,  par  un  Europeen. 

1 2  mo.  Paris. 

The  following  is  another  edition  of  the  same  work. 


Bibliotheca  Americana  Nova.  423 

29  Des  prisons  de  Philadelphie,  par  Larochefoucault  Liancourt.    1800. 
8vo.  Paris. 

"  L'auteur  s'est  peint  dans  cet  ouvrage,  dont  toutes  les  pages  respirent 
I 'amour  de  rhumanit6 ;  son  style  simple  et  noble  a  de  I'harmonie  et  de 
la  precision."    Journal  General. 

30  VisiTE  A  LA  PRISON  de  Philadelphie,  ou  enonc^  exact  de  la 

sage  administration,  qui  a  en  lieu  dans  les  divers  departemens 
de  cette  maison,  par  R.  J.  Turnbull;  traduit  de  I'Anglois 
par  Petit-Radel  .  .  Paris. 

Svo.  pp.  42. 

31  Primo  viaggio  intorno  al  globo  terracqueo,  ossia  rag- 

guaglio  della  navigazione  alle  Indie  Orientali,  per  la  via  d'oc- 
cidente  fatta  sulla  squadra  del  capit.  Maggalianes  negli'  anni 
1519-22,  dell  Cav°-  Ant.  Pigafetta.  .  Milano. 

Quarto. 

This  account  of  Pigafetti's  voyage  with  Magallanes  is  here  first  published 
from  a  ms.  in  the  Ambrosinian  Library  at  Milan,  by  Dr.  Charles  Amoretti. 
The  old  editions  are  made  up  of  imperfect  extracts  from  the  work. 
(Brunet.)     Published  in  French  in  1801. 


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NOTE. 


The  following  are  the  principal  Authorities  which  have  been 
followed  for  those  Books  which  I  have  not  been  able  to  examine 
myself;  to  most  of  which  an  asterisk  is  prefixed. 

Meusel.  Bibliotheca  Historica,  torn,  iii  and  x. 

M.R.  Monthly  Review, 

C.R.  Critical  Review. 

N.A.R.  North  American  Review. 

Gent.  Mag.  Gentleman's  Magazine. 

Warden's  Bibliotheca  Americo-septentrionalis,  8vo.  Paris,   1820. 

Warden's  Bibliotheca  Americana,  Svo.  Paris,  1831. 

Col.  Aspinwall's  Catalogue  of  Books  relating  to  America. 

Bibliotheca  Americana  Primordia,  4to.  1713. 

Bibliotheca  Americana,  4to.  1789. 

Harvard  College  Catalogue,  8vo.  3  vols.  1830. 

Where  a  line    occurs  after   the   Publisher's  name,    if   is   to   be 
understood  that  the  Book  was  printed  in  London. 


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